Irani Cup winners Vidarbha have donated their prize money to the families of the martyred CRPF jawans.
Needing 280 for an outright win, Vidarbha were 37 for one at close of play, still 243 runs shy of the target with nine wickets in hand.
Vihari also became the first batsman since Shikhar Dhawan in 2011 to score hundreds in each innings of the Irani Cup.
With Akshay Karnewar’s 102 off 133 balls, Vidarbha took a game-setting lead of 95 runs over Rest of India, before claiming two ROI wickets to gain the upperhand in Irani Cup
Spin caused problems for Vidarbha, with five of six wickets falling to the slow stuff.
The scheduling of the domestic calendar has come under harsh criticism with tournaments like the Irani Cup being played after the Ranji Trophy.
Akshay Wakhare and Aditya Sarwate scalped three wickets each to run through RoI's middle order.
For Vidarbha, the aim will be to do an encore of the 2017-18 season where they won both Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup.
Champions Vidarbha became only the sixth team to defend the Ranji Trophy title this season.
Rahane was drafted to the India A squad and led them to a 4-1 series win against England Lions.