Vidarbha 170 and 13 for 1 (Shorey 10*, Avesh 1-2) path Madhya Pradesh 252 (Mantri 126, Umesh 3-40, Thakur 3-51) by 69 runs
Vidarbha ended the day on 13 for 1, nonetheless trailing by 69, having misplaced Atharva Taide to Avesh Khan, who picked up a four-for within the first innings.
Mantri, who received a life when Karun Nair dropped him at slip on 38, calmly received to his half-century off 123 balls earlier than Iyer fell. Alongside Sagar Solanki, he took time to rebuild from 93 for 4. They added 52 collectively for the fifth wicket earlier than Thakur ran Solanki out for 26 within the 59th over.
It was time for a restart once more, as Mantri now had Saransh Jain for firm. In a uncommon present of aggression, Mantri smashed offspinner Akshay Wakhare for 4 and 6 off successive balls within the 62nd over, whilst Jain received off the mark with a six. Jain had taken 15 deliveries to attain his first run, however ticked alongside after that.
Mantri then received to his sixth first-class century within the 71st over, as each batters had been content material in progressively heading ticking previous Vidarbha’s first-innings whole of 170. However MP misplaced a cluster of wickets in fast time once more, shedding their final 5 for simply 38 from 218 or 5. The slide began when Wakhare eliminated Jain for 30 – the following finest rating after Mantri’s century – earlier than additionally eliminating Mantri to interrupt his resistance.
Aditya Sarwate, Thakur and Yadav then received a wicket every to wrap MP’s tail up.
