Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Day 2 of the ranji Trophy 2018-19 final between Vidarbha and Saurashtra being played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur.
The battle lines have been drawn and the summit clash will not just be about Pujara and Umesh
Kerala are in uncharted territory and will hope to turn the tables on the in-form defending champions Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy semifinal, beginning at the Krishnagiri stadium in Wayanad on Thursday.
Mumbai used as many as eight bowlers in the day but barring Dhurmil Matkar (3-92) all others had an off day.
Captain Faiz Fazal and Akshay Wadkar hit centuries before Vidarbha declared their innings at 332/6
Fazal brought up his 35th first-class half century to remain unbeaten on 53 while Akshay Wadkar was two runs short of his fourth fifty
Jaffer became the first player in the history of the Ranji Trophy to score 11,000 runs.
Jaffer, who failed to capitalise on his earlier starts, this time made amends registering his 54th first-class ton.
Sharath, playing in his maiden Ranji Trophy match, smashed 20 fours in his 161-ball 103.
A round-up of the Elite A Group matches on day one of Round 2 of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy