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Vidarbha assumed control over their Ranji Prize elimination round against Madhya Pradesh with the critical wicket of Yash Dubey late on Day 4 as they crept more like an exhilarating triumph here today.

Heading into the last day tomorrow, has Vidarbha are a simple four wickets from setting up a culmination conflict with Mumbai, while MP, who actually need 93 races to win, will trust their tailenders can deliver an enlivened fightback.

The game shifted for has Vidarbha in the penultimate over of the day when Aditya Sarwate (2/51) had Dubey gotten by Aman Mokhade, managing a body catastrophe for MP's expectations of making their second

last in three years.

Pursuing 321 to win, MP came to 228/6 at stumps with their last perceived player Saransh Jain (16 not out) joined by Kumar Kartikeya at the wrinkle and requiring a tremendous exertion with the bat.

Surprisingly, Dubey combat hard with a fine thump even as wickets continued to tumble at the opposite end. The right-given player showed coarseness and self-restraint in an extreme pursue, consuming 212 balls to get his 94 runs with 10 fours.

Dubey manufactured a pivotal 106-run represent the second wicket with Brutal Gawali (67 from 80 balls), yet when the pair was isolated, Vidarbha continued to make customary advances to leave MP in a difficult situation.

MP lost the first-innings' centurion Himanshu Mantri for a simple eight in the subsequent paper, yet it was the disappointment of their center request threesome of Sagar Solanki (12), Shubham Sharma (6) and Venkatesh Iyer (19) which hurt the guests the most.

Vidarbha's Akshay Wakhare represented the three players to carry his side once again into the challenge, while Sarwate's late strike to excuse the hazardous Dubey put the double cross champs in the shaft position.

Brief scores: Vidarbha: 170 and 402 in 101.3 overs (Rathod 141, Wadkar 77, Mokhade 59; Anubhav 5/92) versus MP: 252 and 228/6 of every 71 overs (Dubey 94, Gawali 67; Wakhare 3/38, Sarwate 2/51).