Dubey's Nine-Wicket Haul Rewrites Vidarbha Record Books
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Vidarbha left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey took nine wickets for 53 runs against Madhya Pradesh on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match in Nagpur today.
His haul is the best ever by a Vidarbha bowler in first-class cricket, passing the previous Vidarbha best of eight wickets set in 1967, and he is the first Vidarbha bowler to take nine wickets in an innings.
Madhya Pradesh were bowled out for 209 in 66.1 overs, with Atharv Mahajan top-scoring with 85 and Saransh Jain making 34, while Nachiket Bhute took the only other wicket of the innings.
In reply, Vidarbha closed day one on 56 for 4, with captain Akshay Wadkar and Dhruv Shorey unbeaten at the crease after Kumar Kartikeya took three quick wickets.
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