Vidarbha vs Saurashtra, Final, Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite 2025-26 - Player Highlights

Yash Thakur to Sakariya, out Lbw!! Vidarbha are the Champions. It’s their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy and, in fact, their first title in India’s domestic white-ball competitions. They have long been a force in red-ball cricket, but white-ball silverware had eluded them until now. Not anymore. Hearts were broken last season when they went down to Karnataka in the final, but they refused to let history repeat itself. This time, they rose to the occasion and could not be denied. Just look at the celebrations. They tell you everything about what this victory means to the players and the support staff. Years of hard work, near misses, and unwavering belief have finally paid off. Coming to the wicket: Good length delivery, angled in from round the wicket, pace on and Sakariya shuffles across, gets beaten for pace and is struck in-line with the stumps. The umpire thought the ball was heading down leg but he was wrong, ball-tracking showed it to be smashing into leg-stump. The decision is overturned and the celebrations begin in the Vidarbha camp. Sakariya lbw b Yash Thakur 11(12) [6s-1]

Yash Thakur to Sakariya, no run, slower ball around off, Sakariya cuts and picks out backward point

Yash Thakur to Sakariya, no run, off-pace delivery, Sakariya swings through the line and is beaten on the inside edge

Yash Thakur to Sakariya, no run, slower ball slanted in, Sakariya swings across the line and misses, struck high on the pad

Yash Thakur to Sakariya, 2 runs, full and angled in, Sakariya drives to long-on and pushes for the second, gets it easily

Nachiket Bhute to Sakariya, 1 run, very full and close to yorker length, Sakariya squeezes it to extra cover and rushes to the other end

Nachiket Bhute to Sakariya, SIX, short of length delivery, pace on and Sakariya feasts on it, he gets into a nice position and nails the pull backward of square. He got plenty of height and the distance as well

Nachiket Bhute to Sakariya, no run, slower ball outside off, Sakariya swings early and misses

Nachiket Bhute to Sakariya, no run, full toss angled across, Sakariya mistimes the drive to extra cover

Darshan Nalkande to Sakariya, 1 run, full and outside off, Sakariya drives to extra cover

Darshan Nalkande to Sakariya, 1 run, full and outside off, Sakariya drives to long-off

Darshan Nalkande to Sakariya, byes, 1 run, back of a length around off, Sakariya has a poke and the ball does not carry to Rohit Binkar, he fumbles and the pair cross over