Sports · 20 January 2026
Vidarbha defeats Saurashtra to win maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy
Exam-focused facts from the 20 January 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Vidarbha secured their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy title by defeating Saurashtra by 38 runs in the final held in Bengaluru.
- Atharva Taide scored 128 runs off 97 balls, marking his first List A hundred in five years, to help Vidarbha reach a total of 317/8.
- Yash Thakur took 4 wickets for 50 runs to bowl out Saurashtra for 279 and secure the victory.
- For Saurashtra, Prerak Mankad top-scored with 88 runs and Chirag Jani made 64, while bowler Ankur Panwar took 4 wickets for 65 runs.
- This win marks the first senior white-ball title for Vidarbha in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) domestic circuit.