INDORE: India pacer Avesh Khan broke the back of Vidarbha's top-order with a five-wicket haul as Madhya Pradesh took control of their Group D Ranji Trophy match here on Wednesday.
A nippy bowler, with an ability to move the ball both ways, Avesh finished the second day's play with excellent figures of 5/32 in 19 overs to leave Vidarbha at 145 for seven, still 164 runs adrift of MP's first-innings total of 309 all out.