In the fourth round of Ranji Trophy 2026-27, Vidarbha spin bowler Harsh Dubey devastated Madhya Pradesh’s batting with his lethal bowling. Harsh took 9 wickets in the first innings of the match being played in Nagpur. In front of his brilliant bowling, the entire Madhya Pradesh team was all out after scoring 209 runs. On behalf of the team, Atharva Mahajan played the highest innings of 85 runs.

In this match which started on November 2, Madhya Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the team had a poor start and wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Harsh Dubey trapped the Madhya Pradesh batsmen in his spin and prevented the team from scoring big.

Madhya Pradesh had a bad start

Nachiket Bhute gave the first blow to the Madhya Pradesh team who came to bat first. He dismissed Yash Dubey on a personal score of 5 runs. After this Harsh Dubey sent Chanchal Rathod to the pavilion, who could score 13 runs.

Saksham Purohit scored 21 runs, while team captain Rajat Patidar was out after scoring just 2 runs. Big innings were expected from Patidar, but he could not contribute much to the team.

Atharva Mahajan scored the highest run of 85 runs.

Despite continuous fall of wickets from Madhya Pradesh, Atharva Mahajan held one end. He scored 85 runs on 123 balls. During this, 5 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. He was the most successful batsman of the team.

Apart from this, Saransh Jain scored 34 runs on 41 balls and Shubham Sharma scored 16 runs on 35 balls. Arshad Khan contributed 12 runs. Avesh Khan remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs on 15 balls. Kumar Karthikeya scored 7 runs and Ravi Kiran scored 1 run.

However, even Atharva’s innings could not take Madhya Pradesh to a big score and the entire team was reduced to 209 runs.

Harsh Dubey took 9 wickets for 53 runs

Harsh Dubey was the most successful bowler for Vidarbha. He took 9 wickets for 53 runs in 23.1 overs bowling. At the same time, Nachiket Bhute took one wicket for 46 runs.

Rest of Vidarbha bowlers Rajneesh Gurbani, Darshan Nalkande, Aman Mokhade and Parth Rekhade could not take any wicket. This brilliant bowling by Harsh put Vidarbha in a strong position in the match.

Made his international debut against Afghanistan

Harsh Dubey has made his international debut for the Indian team in the series against Afghanistan this year. His performance in Ranji Trophy has once again brought his bowling ability into the limelight.

Vidarbha started batting after Madhya Pradesh’s first innings ended at 209 runs. By the end of the first day’s play, Vidarbha had scored 52 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. In this way, Harsh Dubey’s bowling was the biggest attraction of the match on the first day.