The Vidarbha Cricket Association announced an award of Rs 3 crore to the Ranji Trophy winning team.
Vidarbha Cricket Association president Anand Jaiswal, on Monday, announced that the newly crowned Ranji Trophy champions will be richer by Rs 5 crore. Amount will be distributed to the players and the support staff.
“The players will be felicitated by the state association. The Vidarbha Cricket Association will be distributing Rs 3 crore among its players. Also the winners’ prize money of Rs 2 crore will also be distributed among the players,” Jaiswal said.
Heartiest congratulations to Vidarbha on winning their first #RanjiTrophyFinal. Thank you MPCA for being such gracious hosts @BCCI
— Rahul Johri (@RJohri) January 1, 2018
The Board of Control for Cricket in India CEO Rahul Johri also congratulated the champion team.
Acting president CK Khanna also congratulated the victorious team. “It has been a tremendous performance by the Vidarbha team. I congratulate them on their stupendous show,” Khanna said.
Vidarbha chased down a target of 29 runs with a day to spare at the Holkar Stadium, which hosted the title clash of the tournament for the second successive time. Trailing by 252 runs, Delhi lost opener Kunal Chandela with just 32 runs on the board. A bigger blow was dealt on the seven-time winners. Gautam Gambhir was adjudged out lbw off Gurbani to a ball that seemed to be heading down the leg side.
Vidarbha, led by Faiz Fazal, became the Ranji champions for the first time in their history after beating Delhi by 9 wickets at Indore.