NAGPUR: Just when it appeared that Gujarat would shock Vidarbha in their own den, Aditya Sarwate decided to write an amazingly different climax. Vidarbha were staring at defeat, after getting all out on 74 in the first innings, then conceding a 182-run lead and managing to set only a 73-run target.
If anyone could win Vidarbha the game from such a situation, it was Sarwate. Left-arm spinner Sarwate scripted a Rafael Nadal-esque comeback, which the tennis star staged at the Australian Open final last year, by snatching six wickets and skittling Gujarat out for just 54 runs to record a scintillating 18-run victory on Day 3 on Thursday. The match ended almost half-an-hour before lunch.
