Vidarbha won the Vijay Hazare Trophy title for the first time, defeated 2-time champion Saurashtra in the final.

Vidarbha won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: The final match of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 took place between Vidarbha and Saurashtra on Sunday i.e. January 18, 2026. This match was played at the ground of BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. Which Vidarbha won by 38 runs. At the same time, Vidarbha won the title of Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time. Let us tell you that Saurashtra has been the champion of Vijay Hazare Trophy twice. Saurashtra had won the first season of Vijay Hazare Trophy in the year 2008. However, in the title match of 2025-26, Atharva Tide performed brilliantly for Vidarbha in batting and Yash Thakur in bowling. Let us know how was the condition of the title match?

Saurashtra won the toss in the title match

Saurashtra captain Harvik Desai won the toss and decided to bowl first. In such a situation, Vidarbha, batting first, was able to score 317 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Vidarbha’s opening batsman Atharva Tide scored a century and played an excellent inning of 128 runs. Facing 118 balls in his innings, he hit 15 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas, Yash Rathore scored a half-century and scored 54 runs. Which included 2 fours and as many sixes. Apart from this, the third biggest innings was played by Aman Mokhade of 33 runs. Ankur Panwar took 4 wickets for Saurashtra, while Chetan Sakariya and Chirag Jani also took 2 wickets each.

Saurashtra all out for 279 runs in the final

While chasing the target of 318 runs given by Vidarbha, Saurashtra team was limited to 48.5 overs also. Prerak Mankad scored the highest 88 runs for Saurashtra. Mankad had hit 10 fours in his innings. Apart from Prerak Mankad, Chirag Jani also scored a half-century. Facing 63 balls, he played an inning of 64 runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas, Yash Thakur was the most successful bowler for Vidarbha. Yash Thakur took 4 wickets for 50 runs in 9.5 overs, while Nachiket Bhute also managed to take 3 wickets. While Darshan Nalkande got 2 wickets. At the same time, captain Harsh Dubey also took 1 wicket.