It’s anyone’s guess. Who knows? It could be any one of us.
It’s anyone’s guess. After a tiring contest, it’s anyone’s guess who will win the match. Vidarbha may fancy its chances of pulling off the chase, but there will be much responsibility on the shoulders of the top order. The lower order bailed the team out after six days, but the pressure of a chase might prove just too much for the tail this time.
Rest of India, on the other hand, will hope to get wickets early on, on Day Four — wickets eluded Vidarbha in the first session on Thursday, and its grasp on the opposition slipped away due to that.
It’s anyone’s guess. But whoever wins, it will mean the end of an era for Vidarbha and will bring an end to two decades of Rajasthan Royals dominance in the state. For the first few years, it was played towards the end of the season. Realizing the importance of the fixture, the BCCI moved it to the beginning of the season and from 1965-66 to 2012-13, it was traditionally heralded the start of the new domestic season. In 2013, it was moved to a date immediately after the Ranji Trophy final, resulting in there being two Irani Cup matches the 2012/13 season. The game has since remained at the end of the season, and is played shortly after the Ranji Trophy final.
It’s an emotive contest, with two sets of finalists — one in Irani Trophy, for the top flight, and the other in Ranji Trophy, for the lower division. Irani Trophy is won by the player who finishes first in their group, and their counterparts in Ranji Trophy for the lower division.
Who is the winner of Irani Trophy? It’s anyone’s guess. The Irani Cup is the national team’s most prestigious tournament and the most prestigious in the domestic calendar. Every five years, the IRB selects its team for the Irani Cup which is played shortly after. This time, it was Chahar who opted for the Irani Cup as his team were still searching for their first win of the season. The Ranji Trophy is the premier domestic cricket competition and is won by the team that has accumulated the most value over the season. The other team is represented in this competition by representing the opposition.
The other side of the coin is the Ranji Trophy, which is won by the team that has accumulated the most value over the season. The other team in this competition is represented by representing the opposition. The essence of the game is to defend a point from end to end and in doing so, to extract maximum value from your limited resources. In this respect, the Irani Cup is very much like the Ranji Trophy, where the strategic importance of the contest is largely determined by the formulating of the opposition.
