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Vidarbha cricketer Danish Malewar went past 150 runs in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 final against Kerala at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur, on Thursday, February 27. The right-handed batter reached the coveted milestone at the start of play on day two in Vidarbha colours shortly prior to losing his wicket Nedumankuzhy Basil on 153 runs in 285 balls with 15 fours and three sixes, but despite that, he put his team in a strong position, and they managed to score 379 runs in 123.1 overs.
For the unversed, after Kerala captain Sachin Baby put Vidarbha into batting first, they lost the early wickets of Parth Rekhade, Darshan Nalkande, and Dhruv Shorey in the first hour on day one. Following that, the entire days’ play belonged to Danish Malewar and Karun Nair as they shared a 215-run stand for the fourth wicket before the former Indian international was run out on 86 runs in 188 balls with eight fours and one six, to put Vidarbha in a commanding position.
After notching up his second hundred in Ranji Trophy, Danish Malewar kept his innings going into day two of the final earlier today, and scored a 150 for the first time in his young career. Following the departure of Danish Malewar in the first session on day two, the lower half of the Vidarbha batting lineup played extremely well, to ensure that they got within touching distance of posting a total of 400 runs and more.
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Kerala ended day two on 131/3 with Aditya Sarwate and captain Sachin Baby at crease
In response, Kerala ended day two on 131/3 in 39 overs with Aditya Sarwate (66* off 120) and captain Sachin Baby (7* off 23) still at the crease, trailing by 248 runs. For Vidarbha, Darshan Nalkande dismissed the opening pair of the opposition within the first three overs of the Kerala innings, taking the wicket of Rohan Kunnummal without troubling the scorers, while Akshay Chandran fell to him on 14 runs in just 11 balls.
A good day of batting tomorrow could allow Kerala to equalise the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 final against Vidarbha, who are currently in box seat in the contest.
