Vidarbha Cricket Association

The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) felicitated its Senior Men’s Team for winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time in 2025-26 season.

At a glittering function held at the VCA Recreation Club banquet hall in Jamtha on 2nd August, 2026, the members of the winning team, as well as the support staff, were presented mementos to mark the occasion.

Former ICC Chairman and past president of the BCCI & VCA, Mr Shashank Manohar, who was the Chief Guest, gave away the mementos to the players alongside Guest of Honour Mr Pravin Amre.

In his brief address, Mr Manohar expressed his happiness at the consistency shown by the Vidarbha players. “Our men’s teams have won almost every trophy in domestic cricket in the past 10-12 years. It is time now for our girls to step forward. Given the right support and encouragement, I am confident that they will soon start winning tournaments,” Mr Manohar said.

Mr Amre, who is now a celebrated coach, reminded the players that “success is never an accident.” He reminded all that the seeds of success were sown by Mr Manohar and nurtured by Mr Prashant Vaidya.
Special mementos were presented to Harsh Dubey for making his Team India debut in ODI cricket versus Afghanistan and Yash Thakur for making his T20I debut versus Zimbabwe in Harare.

Aman topped the batting chart in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, making 814 runs in 10 matches, averaging 90.44 with five centuries and a half-century.

VCA Hon. Secretary, Mr Badkas saluted the “indomitable spirit” that defines Vidarbha cricket. “Winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the country’s premier one-day tournament, speaks volumes about the dedication and commitment displayed by every player, coach, support staff member, and administrator who contributed to this memorable success.

Five players from Vidarbha have been picked in the Central Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy.

Batsmen Aman Mokhade and Yash Rathod retained their places in the 15-member squad selected by selectors from all seven State Associations, who met in Indore on Saturday. Vidarbha captain Harsh Dubey and pacers Yash Thakur and Nachiket Bhute are also in the mix. VCA's Chief selector Mr Sudhir Wankhede attended the meeting on behalf of the association.

Rajat Patidar will lead the side with UPCA’ s Rinku Singh as his deputy.

Defending champions Central Zone have been seeded directly into the semi-final in Bengaluru from Aug 30.

CENTRAL ZONE SQUAD

1) Rajat Patidar (Capt) --- MPCA
2) Rinku Singh (VC) --- UPCA
3) A***n Juyal (WK) --- UPCA
4) Ayush Pandey --- CSCS
5) Saransh Jain --- MPCA
6) Yash Rathod --- VCA
7) Aman Mokhade --- VCA
8) Harsh Dubey --- VCA
9) Kunal Chandela --- CAU
10) Kunal Singh Rathod (WK) --- RCA
11) Zeeshan Ansari --- UPCA
12) Yash Thakur --- VCA
13) A***n Pandey --- MPCA
14) Nachiket Bhute --- VCA
15) Arshad Khan --- MPCA

STAND-BYS

1) Bhargav Merio (RSPB)
2) Amandeep Khare (CSCS)
3) Kunal Yadav (RSPB)
4) Mayank Mishra (CAU)
5) Kumar Kartikeya (MPCA)
6) Sourabh Rawat (WK) --- CAU

SUPPORT STAFF

Nikhil Doru (Coach) RCA
Manish Jha (Asst Coach) CAU

Deshroj Chouhon (Physio) CAU
Mayank Agrawal (Trainer) MPCA
Chondrashekhar Rao (Video Analyst) CSCS
Zuffri Zakeria (Manager) RSPB
Mohit Kumar (Masseur) CAU

Vidarbha end Namibia tour with victory

Vidarbha saved their best for the last, winning the concluding One-Dayer against Namibia by 1 wicket in Windhoek on Friday. The series ended 3-2 in Namibia’s favour.
The home team piled up 297/5 in 50 overs as Vidarbha once again won the toss and chose to field first.
Michael van Lingen led the charge for Namibia with a splendid 111 while Alexaander Volschenk made 71.
Vidarbha lost four wickets for 74 runs before Vedant Jajoo (47) and skipper Yash Kadam added 51 runs for the fifth wicket.
Following Jajoo’s dismissal, Yash and Jagjot Sasan (47) took the score to 221 before the former was out for 79.
A mini collapse followed, leaving Vidarbha struggling on 265/9. However, Parth Rekhade struck an unbeaten 51 with 3 sixes and two boundaries to take Vidarbha home in the company of Saurabh Dubey.
BRIEF SCORES
July 10: 5th One-Day Match
Venue: Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Toss: Vidarbha, elected to bowl
Namibia 297/5 in 50 overs (Michael van Lingen 111, Alexander Volschenk 71; Aditya Thakare 2/59, Mandar Mahale 2/36)
Vidarbha 298/9 in 48.3 overs (Mohd Faiz 32, Vedant Jajoo 47, Yash Kadam 79, Jagjot Sasan 47, Parth Rekhade 51. Not out; Jack Brassell 4/47, Jan Balt 3/60)
Result: Vidarbha won by 1 wicket

Rekhade, Mahale fashion Vidarbha victory

Parth Rekhade turned in an all-round show and Mandar Mahale top-scored with 87 as Vidarbha registered a narrow 1 wicket win over Namibia in the 4th One-dayer in Windhoek on Wednesday.
It was Vidarbha’s first win of the series after losing the first three matches. Vidarbha won the toss and restricted Namibia to 247/6. Rekhade picked 2/28 in his 10 overs while Gerhard Erasmus made and unbeaten 118 for the home team.
Vidarbha faltered in the chase, losing 6 wickets for 94 runs before Mahale and Rekhade (63) added 127 runs for the seventh wicket to raise Vidarbha’s hopes.
However, Rekhade and Gaurav Farde fell in quick secession to leave Mahale holding the fort.
With Vidarbha needing just 4 runs from the last over, Mahale went for a big hit and was dismissed for 87 (113 b).
Last man Ssurabh Dubey, however ran a quick brace and then hit a six to seal victory with one ball remaining.
The series now stands 3-1 with the last match slated on July 10.

BRIEF SCORES
July 8: 4th One-Day Match
Venue: Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Toss: Vidarbha, elected to bowl
Namibia 247/6 in 50 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 118 not out, Jonathan Smit 42; Parth Rekhade 2/28, Saurabh Dubet 2/49)
Vidarbha 252/9 in 49.5 overs (Yash Rathod 21, Mandar Mahale 87, Parth Rekhade 63; Rouben Trumpelmann 2/46, Jan Balt 2/57)
Result: Vidarbha won by 1 wicket

Harsh, Yash named in India squad for Zimbabwe tour

Vidarbha’s Harsh Dubey and Yash Thakur have been included in the India squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. India will play three T20 Internationals in Harare on July 23, 25 and 26, 2026.
India’s squad: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Varun Chakaravarathy, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Prabhsimran Singh (WK).

Namibia edge Vidarbha in series-opener

Hosts Namibia defeated Vidarbha by two wickets in the opening game of the of the 5-match one-day series in Windhoek on Thursday.
Chasing Vidarbha’s tally of 260/8, Namibia recovered from 17/3 to scrape home on the last ball of their innings.
Namibia, in fact, needed 16 runs from the last over bowled by Saurabh Dubey. Ruben Trumplelmann hit the first ball for a six and the third for a boundary before finishing the games with well-run twos.
KKR’s star bowler Saurabh, however, was Vidarbha’s most successful bowler with four wickets for 48 runs.
He started brilliantly by dismissing Namibian opener Malan Kruger with his third delivery and later picked up three more wickets.
Saurabh and fellow-pacer Aditya Thakare (3/44) revelled on a fast and bouncy track which offered little help to the spinners.
Earlier, Mandar Mahale (51) and Jagjot Sasan (50) made half centuries after Namibia opted to bowl. Yash Rathod chipped in with 46, but in spite of a belligerent unbeaten 44 by Nachiket Bhute, Vidarbha could muster only a below par total of 260/8.
The second match will be played on Saturday (July 4) from 1:00 PM (IST)
The matches are being telecast live on OTT platform FANCODE.

BRIEF SCORES
July 2: 1st One-Day Match
Venue: Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Toss: Namibia, elected to bowl
Vidarbha 260/8 in 50 overs (Adhyayan Daga 23, Rohit Binkar 20, Yash Rathod 46, Mandar Mahale 51, Jagjot Sasan 50, Nachiket Bhute 44 not out; Jack Brassell 3/37, Jonathan Smit 2/44)
Namibia 261/8 in 50 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 83, Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton 63, Ruben Trumpelmann 37 not out; Saurabh Dubey 4/48, Aditya Thakare 3/44)
Result: Namibia won by 2 wickets

VCA Senior Men's Team Tour of Namibia – Watch the Match Live on FanCode

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Senior Men's Team has commenced its tour of Namibia, where it will play a five-match One Day series against the Senior Men's Team of Cricket Namibia.

Cricket enthusiasts can watch the matches live on FanCode and support Team Vidarbha during this historic overseas tour.

Today's Match Namibia vs Vidarbha Date: 2 July 2026 Time: 1:00 PM (IST)

Watch live on FanCode.

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