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Vidarbha dished out a disciplined bowling efficiency to register a dominant nine-wicket win over Rajasthan and entered the semifinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Thursday. Electing to subject, Vidarbha bowlers put in splendid present to limit Rajasthan to a sub-par 84/8 in 20 overs earlier than their batters, led by opener Atharva Taide (40 not out off 42 balls), chased down the goal with 5.1 overs to spare. Rajasthan misplaced openers Yash Kothari (1) and Arjit Gupta (0), who was run out by Ganesh Satish, cheaply inside the primary two overs and had been reeling at 2/2.
It quickly turned 18/4, as Vidarbha struck once more twice. Speedster Darshan Nalkande (1/8) eliminated rival skipper Mahipal Lomror (11) whereas younger pacer Yash Thakur (2/24) dismissed the in-form Deepak Hooda (3), who was caught by Akshay Wadkar.
The Vidarbha bowlers stored making inroads and didn’t enable the Rajasthan batters to set in. Solely Kamlesh Nagarkoti’s affected person 39 off 48 balls ensured that his staff crossed the 80-run mark, however that was not going to be sufficient.
For Vidarbha, Thakur was nicely supported by fellow pacers Lalit Yadav (1/12) and Nalkande. In-form left-arm orthodox spinner Akshay Karnewar returned with high-quality figures of 1/7 in his 4 overs, whereas seasoned off-spinner Akshay Wakhare (1/21) and left-arm orthodox bowler Atharva Taide (1/9) additionally performed their components to perfection.
Chasing 85, Vidarbha openers Taide and Ganesh Satish (28 off 33 balls) laid the inspiration of the win with their 63-run stand. They took on a listless Rajasthan assault with gusto.
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Whereas Taide hammered 4 boundaries, Satish additionally hit as many fours. After Satish fell within the eleventh over, Taide romped the staff dwelling in firm of skipper Akshay Wadkar (11 not out). Vidarbha await their semifinal opponents.
Transient Scores: Rajasthan 84/8 (Kamlesh Nagarkoti 39 not out, Suraj Ahuja 12; Yash Thakur 2/24, Akshay Karnewar 1/7) misplaced to Vidarbha 87/1(Atharva Taide 40 not out, Ganesh Satish 28; AV Choudhary 1/4) by 9 wickets.
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