Vidarbha become Ranji Trophy champions after drawing final vs Kerala. Vidarbha take title by virtue of first innings lead.

Karun Nair made the most of a reprieve to pile up an unbeaten 132 and power Vidarbha to a position of command with an overall lead of 286 runs at stumps on Day Four of their Ranji Trophy final

Vidarbha vs Kerala Highlights, Ranji Trophy Final: Karun Nair made the most of a reprieve to pile up an unbeaten 132 and power Vidarbha to a position of command with an overall lead of 286 runs at stumps

Vidarbha's Harsh Dubey broke the record for the most wickets in a Ranji Trophy season, surpassing Bihar's Ashutosh Aman in 2018-19 with 68 wickets.

Kerala fought back incredibly well to keep the hosts under 400 which featured a career-best 153 from Danish Malewar and Karun Nair's 86.

The first-ever finalists Kerala will take on two-time champions Vidarbha in the summit clash of the Ranji Trophy, which will be played at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha from Wednesday.

It has been nothing short of a stellar run for the Akshay Wadkar-led Vidarbha side this season, winning eight of their nine matches so far and drawing one which makes them the side to beat.

Kerala, who have not gone past the semifinals in the premier domestic red ball event, had resumed the day 2 at 206 for four.

This will only be Kerala's second appearance in the Ranji Trophy last four round after the 2018-19 season.

Sanju Samson's omission from India's Champions Trophy squad has been linked to his absence from Kerala's Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign.

Sanju Samson was also not selected to play for Kerala in the recent Vijay Hazare Trophy after he skipped a three-day camp preceding the tournament.

Jalaj Saxena now has 439 wickets and has 6600-plus runs from 138 matches in first-class cricket.

Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian exploited the conditions beautifully to trigger a stunning batting collapse as Mumbai registered a handsome 232-run win after skittling out Kerala for 94

Bright dreams of a new journey, desperation to stage a comeback and desire to rediscover old glory will be the dominant themes of this season's Ranji Trophy

Baba Indrajith helped himself to a fine hundred while another senior campaigner Vijay Shankar scored a half-century as Tamil Nadu cruised into the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy

Vijay Hazare Trophy gets underway on Thursday, with defending champions Saurashtra taking on Kerala at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur.

Karnataka gained three points after its Ranji Trophy Group C match against Kerala petered out to a draw on the fourth and final day in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Skipper Ravikumar Samarth and Devdutt Padikkal scored hundreds as Karnataka thrashed Kerala by 80 runs in the quarter-final on Monday.