VIDARBHA’S FIRST-CLASS SHOW
Vidarbha became the sixth team to win back-to-back Ranji Trophy titles after beating Saurashtra. Ranji’s highest run-getter Wasim Jaffer has played in 10 finals and won all. He was part of Mumbai on eight occasions before winning it with Vidarbha twice. Chandrakant Pandit has won Ranji Trophy as a player for Mumbai (1983-84, 1984-85), as coach of Mumbai (2002-03, 2003-04, 2015-16), Rajasthan (2011-12) and Vidarbha (2017-18, 2018-19).
Faiz Fazal is the 11th captain to claim two successive Ranji titles. Maharashtra’s DB Deodhar was the first in 1939-40 & 1940-41. Mumbai’s Bapu Nadkarni won in 1963-64, 1964-65 and 1965-66. Mumbai’s Ajit Wadekar did it twice in 1968-69 and 1969-70 and then in 1971-72 and 1972-73.