Vidarbha Cricket Team 2024

The Vidarbha cricket team represents the Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra in India's domestic circuit. The team is managed by Vidarbha Cricket Association and plays its home games at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.

Founded in the year 1957, the Vidarbha cricket team played first-class cricket for the first time in 1957-58 season. They competed against the other Central Zone sides until 2001-02 season after which the Ranji Trophy was not played on a zonal basis.

Prior to that, Vidarbha qualified for the quarterfinals twice - 1970-71 and 1995-96 seasons. Later in 2002-03 and 2011-12 seasons, the Vidarbha cricket team reached the semifinals of the Plate Group.

In December 2017, Vidarbha created history by qualifying for the final of the Ranji Trophy for the first time in their history. In the final, they defeated Delhi by 9 wickets to clinch the Ranji Trophy title for the very first time.

In the 2018-19 season, Vidarbha went on to defend their Ranji Trophy title by beating Saurashtra in the final. In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 season, the Vidarbha cricket team also clinched the Irani Trophy with wins over Rest of India.

Some of the notable names from Vidarbha who have represented Team India in international cricket are Umesh Yadav, Faiz Fazal and Jitesh Sharma.

Vidarbha cricket team honours:

Ranji Trophy

• Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
• Runners-up: 2023–24

Irani Trophy

• Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

Vidarbha cricket team squad:

Atharva Taide, Aman Mokhade, Yash Rathod, Karun Nair, Akshay Wadkar (c & wk), Danish Malewar, Harsh Dubey, Umesh Yadav, Aditya Thakare, Nachiket Bhute, Akshay Wakhare, Akshay Karnewar, Siddhesh Wath, Shubham Kapse, Mandar Mahale, Yash Kadam, Praful Hinge