The fifties from Akshay Wadkar and Yash Rathod within the face of an impending disaster not solely held Vidarbha by means of the third day but in addition put it within the driver’s seat within the first Ranji Trophy semifinal towards Madhya Pradesh on the VCA Stadium (Civil Strains) in Nagpur on Monday.
Their 158-run sixth-wicket alliance began when Vidarbha was staring down the barrel, 5 down at 161, merely 59 runs forward within the second innings. The pair’s session-and-a-half-long defiance noticed Vidarbha safely by means of at 343 for six by shut of play, 261 runs forward.