Ranji Trophy: Harsh Dubey of Vidarbha created history in Ranji Trophy, became the first bowler in 91 years

Harsh dube creates history: Vidarbha’s left -arm spinner Harsh Dubey Creates History has registered its name in the Ranji Trophy record book. He took 3 wickets for 88 runs on the third day of the Vidarbha Vs Kerala (Vidarbha vs Kerala) final at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on Friday and along with this, he became a bowler to take more wickets in the same session of Harsh Ranji Trophy. Vidarbha bowled after scoring 379 runs in the first innings of Vidarbha after Kerala was invited to bat first and Dubey after tea on the third day. He took his third wicket of the innings by dismissing Nidhish. Earlier, the young left -handed spinner dismissed Kerala’s second top scorer Aditya Sarwate for 79 runs and lbw out Salman Nizzar (Kerala’s highest run player) just before lunch). Along with this, Harsh Dubey became the highest taking bowler in a season in the history of about 91 years of Ranji Trophy. Dubey has taken 69 wickets this season so far. There is still two days of game left in the final match

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The 3⃣ wickets that helped vidarbha all-rounder harsh dubey break the record for most wickets in a #Ranjitrophy Season #Ranjitrophy , @IDFCFIRSTBank , #Final

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Jaydev Unadkat left behind

Harsh Dubey left behind Ashutosh Aman of Bihar with his performance of 3-88. Ashutosh took 68 wickets in the 2018-19 season. At the same time, he also left behind the Lefty Paper Jaydev Unadkat, who played for Team India. Unadkat took 67 wickets in the 2019-20 campaign.

The semi -finals did amazing against Mumbai

During the 2024-25 season, Dubey’s continuous performance has been important in Vidarbha’s success, in which his decisive moment in the semi-finals against Mumbai. Vidarbha won a memorable victory in the second innings and confirmed his place in the final. Dubey played an important role in Vidarbha’s semi -final win over Mumbai. Then he did the feat of taking five wickets for the seventh time in this session, which is the highest in a version among the bowlers of Elite Group.

Harsh Dubey Now has Most Wickets in a Ranji Trophy Edition.

69* – Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) in 2024/25
68 – Ashutosh Aman (Bihar) in 2018/19
67 – Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra) in 2019/20
64 – Bishan Bedi (Delhi) in 1974/75
62 – Dodda Ganesh (Karnataka) in 1998/99
62 – Kanwaljit Singh… pic.twitter.com/9ipq6syv1i

– Kausthub Gudipati (@Kaustats) February 28, 2025

These are the remaining 5 bowlers in the special club

In the year 2022, 22 -year -old Dubey made his first class debut in the year 2022. He is now involved in the special club of only six bowlers who took more than 60 wickets in a session. The remaining bowlers in this club are Aman (68), Jaydev Unadkat (67), Bishan Singh Bedi (64), Kanwaljeet Singh (62) and Doda Ganesh (62).

Dubey became the fourth all -rounder only

Apart from his impressive wickets, the left -handed spinner has also contributed significantly with the bat, he has scored 472 runs in 17 innings with five half -centuries. Dubey has joined a special club as the only fourth player to achieve more than 450 runs in the same session in the history of Ranji Trophy and the double performance of an all -rounder who took more than 50 wickets. Dubey’s spectacular performance in the tournament has been an important factor in Vidarbha’s dominance, in which his ability to extract turn and bounce has also harassed the most experienced batsmen. His performance has included him in a group of bowlers who have left an indelible mark on Indian domestic cricket.