Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Hyderabad collapse as Harsh Dubey spins Vidarbha to victory

Hyderabad, who were out of the race for a quarterfinal berth long back, were fancying their chances of defeating the already qualified Vidarbha and bowing out on a high

Hyderabad: Vidarbha’s young left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey returned with figures of 6/57 in team’s 58-run win over Hyderabad in the Group B, Ranji Trophy match in Nagpur on Sunday.

Hyderabad, who were out of the race for a quarterfinal berth long back, were fancying their chances of defeating the already qualified Vidarbha and bowing out on a high. The 220-run winning target was very much in their grasp after Hyderabad began the day at 23/1 needing just 197 runs for victory, but Dubey kept striking at regular intervals as the visitors’ entire top and middle-order was wiped out in no time.

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Overnight batter Tanay Thyagarajan was the first to depart for the addition of just 13 runs to the team total when he was cleaned up by Vidarbha pacer Aditya Thakare for 18. After that, spinner Dubey took charge, dismissing Abhirath Reddy, Kodimela Himateja, Varun Goud, skipper Chama Milind and tailenders Rakshan Readdi and Mohammed Siraj. This was the young spinner’s seventh five-wicket haul in 15 first-class games and he ended the match with an eight-wicket haul.

Brief Scores: Vidarbha 190 & 355 bt Hyderabad 326 & 161 in 38.5 overs (Rahul Radesh 48, Mohammed Siraj 26; Harsh Dubey 6/57, Parth Rekhade 2/33).