2018–19 Irani Cup

The 2018–19 Irani Cup is the 57th season of Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India. It was played as a one-off match between the Vidarbha (the winner of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy) and Rest of India cricket team, from 12 February 2019 to 16 February 2019.[1] In April 2018, ESPNcricinfo had reported that Irani Cup was proposed to be no more part of the domestic season but it was included in the final schedule released by BCCI in July.[2] Vidarbha successfully defended their title and defeated Rest of India on first-innings basis to win the tournament.[3] Vidarbha became the third team after Bombay and Karnataka to defend both the Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup.[4] Hanuma Vihari became the first player to score 3 consecutive centuries in Irani Cup.[5]

2018–19 Irani Cup

Rest of India Vidarbha 330 & 374/3 425 & 269/5 89.4 ovs & 107 ovs 142.1 ovs & 103.1 overs
Match drawn; Vidarbha won on 1st innings
Date	12–16 February 2019
Venue	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Player of the match	Akshay Karnewar (Vidarbha)
Umpires	Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Indian domestic cricket season

Men Duleep Trophy Vijay Hazare Trophy (Group A, Group B, Group C, Plate Group) Deodhar Trophy Ranji Trophy (Group A, Group B, Group C, Plate Group) Irani Cup Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E) 2019 Indian Premier League Women T20 Challenger Trophy One Day League Challenger Trophy T20 League Women's T20 Challenge

Squads

Vidarbha[6][7]	Rest of India[8]
Playing XI
Faiz Fazal (c)	Ajinkya Rahane (c)
Sanjay Ramaswamy	Mayank Agarwal
Ganesh Satish	Anmolpreet Singh
Atharwa Taide	Hanuma Vihari
Mohit Kale	Shreyas Iyer
Akshay Wadkar (wk)	Ishan Kishan (wk)
Aditya Sarwate	Krishnappa Gowtham
Akshay Karnewar	Dharmendrasinh Jadeja
Akshay Wakhare	Rahul Chahar
Yash Thakur	Ankit Rajpoot
Rajneesh Gurbani	Tanvir Mashart Ul-Haq
Reserve Bench
Wasim Jaffer	Ronit More
Shrikant Wagh	Sandeep Warrier
Lalit Yadav	Rinku Singh
Aditya Thakare	Snell Patel
Umesh Yadav
Darshan Nalkande

Umesh Yadav had a niggle and was replaced by Darshan Nalkande.[7]

Match

12–16 February 2019 Scorecard

Rest of India	v	Vidarbha
330 (89.4 overs) Hanuma Vihari 114 (211) Akshay Wakhare 3/62 (14.4 overs)		425 (142.1 overs) Akshay Karnewar 102 (133) Rahul Chahar 4/112 (40 overs)
374/3d (107 overs) Hanuma Vihari 180* (300) Aditya Sarwate 2/141 (39 overs)		269/5 (103.1 overs) Ganesh Satish 87 (168) Rahul Chahar 2/116 (41 overs)

Match drawn (Vidarbha won on 1st innings) Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Nitin Menon and C. K. Nandan Player of the match: Akshay Karnewar (Vid)

• Rest of India won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Indian domestic cricket to witness over 2000 matches in 2018-19 season". India Today. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
2. "No Irani Cup in 2018-19 domestic season?". ESPNcricinfo. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
3. "Irani Trophy 2019: Vidarbha defend title after getting vital first-innings lead against Rest of India". DNA(Daily News and Analysis). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
4. "Vidarbha join elite company after defending Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup". India Today. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
5. "Hanuma Vihari creates Irani Cup history with hat-trick of hundreds, gives ROI edge over Vidarbha". New Indian Express. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
6. "Irani Cup, 2019 | SQUADS FOR IRANI CUP, 2019". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
7. "RoI look to halt Vidarbha's charge as Umesh Yadav is ruled out". ESPNCricinfo. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
8. "Karun Nair added to India A squad for next clash against England Lions". Cricbuzz. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.