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Thanks a lot for joining us at Sportskeeda for the coverage of the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy final - a Maharashtra derby between Mumbai and Vidarbha - which the former won quite comfortably in the end. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to you. Until next time, thoda sa bun maska, Irani chai aur pav bhaji ho jaaye!
And now Ajinkya Rahane leads his men to lift their 42nd Ranji Trophy title - the premier Indian first-class trophy is back HOME!
Ajinkya Rahane (Mumbai captain): I want to appreciate Vidarbha first of all. They have worked extremely hard and believed in their ability. They have played really well. Over the last seven-eight years, they have done very well, and I am pleased to see them perform. Last year, it hurt that we could not qualify by just one run. We focused on our fitness and a lot of small details. The MCA supported us a lot and gave us everything we needed as players. Ups and downs are a part of a cricketer's career. You need not necessarily score runs every season. Every cricketer goes through such phases, and you have to respect such phases. However, I am very happy for everyone in the dressing room. Our support staff needs to be given a lot of credit. We don't give a lot of credit to the men who work behind the scenes. I have played alongside Dhawal Kulkarni from my Under-14 days. He is a giant for Mumbai cricket; the sort of experience he has shared with our seamers is unbelievable. I want to wish him the best for his career after cricket.
Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha captain): Our batting clicked in every game. In a big game such as this, you have to bat well. Once you get a team like Mumbai all out for such a low total, you have to bat well and put up a big score on the board. I think we fell short there and could not pick up a big lead. Mumbai's batters showed a lot of determination and courage even though we tried our best. Ajinkya (Rahane), Musheer (Khan) and Shreyas (Iyer) batted extremely well. We were planning to take each ball as it came.
Tanush Kotian is the Player of the Tournament: We were runners-up a couple of years ago. All of us wanted to lift the Ranji Trophy and do something for the state. I had some confidence coming into this season. A lot of people helped me get this confidence. I worked a lot on my batting in the off-season, and I think that the hard work has paid off. I only want to keep working hard and get better. I want to come back stronger in the next season.
Musheer Khan is the Player of the Match! He gets a cheque of INR 50,000. Here's what he has to say: It was a very important innings for me. I was just trying to stand for as long as possible for Mumbai. I and Ajinkya bhai had a very good partnership. We had a nice understanding and just wanted to play with the straight bat as much as possible. It's a very proud feeling for me to be in Mumbai's dressing room with so many stars. I have a lot of work to do. I just want to focus on my process and not think too much.
The president and the secretary of MCA felicitate Dhawal Kulkarni for his contributios!
Time for the presentation ceremony!
Rahane and Kulkarni are standing out there with their children. What beautiful moments are these!
Shardul Thakur: I joined from the last league match. Everyone has been working very hard from so long. The happiness from this win is something special. We play cricket just for challenging situations. That's how my thinking is - get the team out of challenging situations. That's what happened in both matches. I got that big 100 from semi-final. And then the 75 here. The target of 200+ we got in the first innings was very important.
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