Vid colts lift Vinoo Mankad Trophy
   Date :30-Dec-2022

Vinoo Mankad Trophy
 
 
Vidarbha Under-19 team won their second Vinoo Mankad Trophy by defeating Punjab in Thiruvanantapuram on the eve of Deepawali. Vidarbha boys made a competitive 238-7 in 50 overs and then bowled out Punjab for 206 in 47.4 overs for a comfortable 32-run win grabbing their second BCCI title. The first one came in 2018-19 season.
It was Vidarbha’s overall eleventh final across all BCCI tournaments and they have won seven out of those. The seven title wins include — Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16) in 2016-17; Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19) 2017-18; Vinoo Mankad Trophy (U-19) 2018-19; U-23 One-Dayer (un-named) 2018-19; Ranji Trophy 2017-18 and 2018-19; Col CK Nayudu (U-23/25) 2019-20. Later, the same team, under able coach Usman Ghani, made it to the final of the Cooch Behar Trophy (four-day tourney).