Ranji Trophy final: Vidarbha take 233-run lead over Delhi

Indore, Dec 31 (Cricketnmore) Akshay Wadkar spearheaded Vidarbha's rearguard action as they reached 528 for seven in their first innings, taking a commanding 233-run lead over Delhi on the third day of their Ranji Trophy cricket final at the Holkar

Then, Wadkar was joined in the middle by Neral, who took up Sarwate's role of going for big shots, while the former was intent on stabilising the innings.

Wadkar then completed his century. After this, Wadkar also decided to cut loose, going after the bowlers. Dhruv Shorey forced an edge off Wadkar but Nitish couldn't hold it at first slip, allowing the batsman to hurt them further.

At the other end, Neral, at his personal score of 34, was reprieved after being caught at fine leg off the third bouncer of an over from Kulwant Khejroliya.

Neral continued his streak of big shots. In his unbeaten score of 56, Neral hit four sixes and as many fours.

Brief scores: Delhi: 295 all out in first innings vs Vidarbha: 206/4 (Akshay Wadkar 133 batting, Aditya Sarwate 79, Wasim Jaffer 78, Faiz Fazal 67, Siddhesh Neral 56 batting; Navdeep Saini 3/126, Akash Sudan 2/102) on Day 3.