MUMBAI: Hard luck, Vidarbha. The 169-run defeat will hurt, no doubt. Still, Vidarbha players can hold their heads high. The Ranji trophy is gone, but Vidarbha players have earned their stripes. A valiant fightback by Akshay Wadkar and his men at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday will be remembered for years to come.
Everyone had written off Vidarbha, especially their first-innings debacle and the second innings would fold up in quick time expecting a meek surrender. They were chasing 538 in the final against Mumbai, in Mumbai. The host association had called in a 'dhol tasha group' inside the stadium on Day 4 itself, anticipating early celebrations. But Wadkar kept them waiting, on the entire Day 4 and Day 5 too.
