Vidarbha Vs Kerala LIVE Score, Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Final Day 4: Karun Nair, Danish Malewar Lead Recovery Against KER

💎Eden digs one in back of a length, and Malewar stands tall, punching it crisply through cover, threading the gap beautifully. Same length next up, but straighter, and he calmly tucks it to deep square for a single. Oh, what a moment.

⭕Extra bounce, catches Karun’s edge, and, DROPPED. Akshay Chandran at first slip had the easiest of chances, but down it goes. He won’t want to see that replay again! Meanwhile, a neat little tuck to fine leg off Sarwate brings up a hard-earned fifty-run partnership. The fightback is well and truly on.

🍨Eden extracts extra bounce, getting one to rise off the surface and strike Karun on the gloves. It was set to be a maiden over from the pacer, but a no-ball on the final delivery spoils it.

🐈Eden Apple Tom comes into the attack. He delivers a back-of-a-length ball, angling it into Karun, who defends it towards slip.

🍨Jalaj fires in an arm ball, beating Karun Nair’s outside edge, sparking an appeal for a catch. The umpire remains unmoved. Karun stays cautious, playing inside the line once more before nudging one down to long-on for a single.

ౠVidarbha’s second innings is underway, with Parth Rekhade and Dhruv Shorey taking strike. MD Nidheesh has the new ball in hand, looking to make early inroads.

ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚThere’s a hint of movement in the air, shaping into the left-hander, but the length isn’t quite right yet, too short to draw the batter forward. Rekhade pushes one to cover, getting Vidarbha off the mark. Nidheesh adjusts, goes fuller to Shorey, forcing a solid forward defense.

ဣAnd there’s the first boundary! A back-of-a-length delivery seams in sharply, cutting Shorey in half, but luck is on his side, the inside edge races past the keeper and finds the fence.

Sachin Baby braved the toughest conditions on Friday, grinding it out with patience and determination. But just when Kerala needed him to carry on, one shot undid it all, one that might linger in his mind for a long time.

With Kerala still 55 runs adrift of Vidarbha’s first-innings total of 379, Sachin, sitting on 98, went for the big one. He dropped to one knee, looking to slog-sweep Parth Rekhade, perhaps eyeing both the scoreboard and a personal milestone. Instead, all he could do was watch in dismay as the ball soared towards deep mid-wicket, straight to Karun Nair.

🗹That was it, not just for Sachin (235 balls, 345 minutes, 10 fours) but for Kerala’s last real partnership at the VCA Stadium. The innings wrapped up in the dying moments of the third day, Kerala bowled out for 342.

🀅The surface has plenty of marks and with rough patches, it could get very difficult to bat on Day 4 and 5. Vidarbha have a 37-run lead and will look to bat well, while Kerala will eye to take early wickets and put pressure on the middle-order.

Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) - 69 wickets (2024/25)*

Ashutosh Aman (Bihar) - 68 wickets (2018/19)

ওJaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra) - 67 wickets (2019/20)

The Vidarbha vs Kerala, Ranji Trophy 🐟final will be available to stream live on the JioHotstar app and website in India. It will also be broadcast on the Sports 18 network in India.