NAGPUR: Just about over an hour into the play on Monday, Vidarbha skipper Akshay Wadkar stood beside the stumps, looking at the Jharkhand dressing room. As the hosts signalled the end of the battle at 120 for 9, he uprooted the stumps. Coming from Vidarbha’s third biggest Ranji Trophy win in terms of run margin, it will be a special souvenir in Wadkar’s collection.
Kumar Deobrat, who got injured on Day 1, didn’t come out to bat for Jharkhand. His coming to the middle would have been an exercise in futility, as Vidarbha posted a huge 308-run win in Ranchi.