NAGPUR: Vidarbha skipper Siddesh Wath surprised Madhya Pradesh when he handed the very second over of the 4-day match to off-spinner Yash Kadam, at Vadodara. The out-of-the-box move ended up choking the batters on a damp pitch.
Wath applied more pressure by bringing in the most economical left-arm spinner Parth Rekhade in place of Kadam in the first hour itself, to put the rivals on a sticky note by reducing them to 106 for 3 at Alembic-2 ground. By the time the pitch dried up and the batsmen could settle in, Vidarbha had got the start they needed after winning the toss in the semifinal of Col CK Nayudu Trophy.
