Vidarbha take stranglehold

Vidarbha, by stumps on the second day, took a stranglehold on their Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16) match against Madhya Pradesh at Nagpur on Saturday.

Resuming at 83 without loss in reply to MP's first innings total of 135, Vidarbha were all out for 322. Openers Faiz Fazal (50) and Ali Akbar (69) put on 103 runs and valuable contributions down the order and 38 extras boosted the Vidarbha lead to 187 runs. They then grabbed a quick wicket in the MP second innings and the visitors were 23 for one wicket at close.