Ranji Trophy: Harsh Dubey's all-round heroics help Vidarbha beat Hyderabad
What's the story
The leading wicket-taker of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, Harsh Dubey, has once again guided Vidarbha to victory.
His brilliant six-wicket haul in the fourth innings helped Vidarbha clinch a 58-run win against Hyderabad at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Sunday.
This is their sixth win in Group B and third comeback victory after conceding a first-innings lead.
Notably, Dubey also scored twin fifties in the game.
Match progression
How did the game pan out?
Vidarbha made 190/10 batting first as Dubey's fiery 65 helped them post a somewhat respectable total.
Hyderabad earned a massive first-innings lead by posting 326/10 in response. Opener Tanmay Agarwal made 136.
Karun Nair's 105, Atharva Taide's 93 and Dube's 55 helped Vidarbha muster 355/10 in their second outing.
Chasing 220, Hyderabad were folded for just 161 thanks to Dubey's six-fer.
Dubey
Dubey's all-round brilliance
Dubey backed his 46-ball 65 from the first innings with a 65-ball 55.
These were his second and third fifties of the ongoing season which took his tally to 308 runs across seven games at 25.66.
As per ESPNcricinfo, his eight wickets in the game, including the 6/57 in the final innings, made him the first bowler to complete 50 wickets in Ranji Trophy 2024-25.
He has now raced to 55 scalps at 14.50 (5W: 6).
Information
Here are his FC stats
Overall, Dubey has raced to 83 First-Class wickets at 18.85. The left-arm spinner owns seven fifers. With the bat, he has accumulated 541 runs at 22.54 (50s: 5).
Nair
Nair's 2nd ton in ongoing Ranji campaign
Nair, who scored 105 off 193 balls in the third innings, has raced to 7,788 runs in First-Class cricket from 111 matches at close to an average of 49.
This was his 21st ton in FC cricket. He also owns 35 fifties.
In the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, Nair has amassed 440 runs at 44 from 6 matches (10 innings).
In addition to two tons, he has slammed a fifty.
Numbers
90-plus scores from Agarwal, Taide
Hyderabad's Agarwal and Vidarbha's Taide were the others to touch the 50-run mark in the game.
The former, who made a 232-ball 136 in his first outing, is the leading run-getter of the ongoing season with 934 runs at 77.83 (100s: 4, 50s: 2).
Meanwhile, Taide made 93 off 163 balls in the third innings. This knock took his season's tally to 308 runs at 30.80 (100: 1, 50: 1).