The 2017–18 Irani Cup was the 56th season of Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India. It was played as a one-off match between Vidarbha (the winner of the 2017–18 Ranji trophy) and Rest of India cricket team. The match was played from 14 March 2018 to 18 March 2018 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.[1][2]
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| Match drawn; Vidarbha won on 1st innings | |||||||
| Date | 14 March 2018 – 18 March 2018 | ||||||
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| Venue | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | ||||||
| Player of the match | Wasim Jaffer (Vidarbha) | ||||||
| Umpires | C. K. Nandan and Anil Chaudhary | ||||||
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |||||||
Squads edit
Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of Rest of India's squad before the start of the tournament. He was replaced by Ravichandran Ashwin[5]
Match edit
14–18 March
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79/0 (26 overs)
Akshay Wadkar 50* (71) |
- Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was Vidarbha's maiden Irani Trophy.
References edit
- ^ "BCCI advances domestic T20 tournaments ahead of IPL auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Pandey, Devendra (21 December 2017). "Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament advanced on request of IPL teams". Indian Express. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Vidarbha Squad / Players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Ashwin, Iyer to lead Deodhar Trophy squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "R Ashwin to replace injured Ravindra Jadeja for Irani Trophy 2018". CricTracker. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.