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Vijay Hazare Trophy Final: Atharva Taide struck a century while pacers Yash Thakur and Nachiket Bhute shared seven wickets between them as Vidarbha defeated Saurashtra by 38 runs in the final to claim the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1 in Bengaluru on Sunday.

The Day/Night encounter looked a close affair after Saurashtra recovered from early setbacks, thanks to a valiant 88 by Prerak Mankad and 63-ball 64 by Chirag Jani lower down the order as they maintained their team's hopes. But the asking rate proved too much for Saurashtra as they were all out for 279 in 48.5 overs, as they chased the target of 318 runs set by Vidarbha largely due to opener Atharva Taide's 118-ball128 and 54 by Yash Rathod.

Saurashtra suffered early setbacks in their chase of the stiff target as they lost skipper Harvik Desai (20) and Vishvaraj Jadeja (9) with the score reading 30/2 in the sixth over.