Playing on home ground, Maharashtra defeated Madhya Pradesh by 40 runs in the final to emerge champions in the Ranji Trophy Plate Championship at the Nehru stadium in Pune on Tuesday.

Resuming at their overnight score of 153 for five, the hosts were bowled out for 202 in their second innings.

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Dhiraj Jadhav, who scored a magnificent double century (251) in Maharashtra's first innings of 501 runs, scored 79 runs in the second essay while D Mohan and Kashinath Khadkikar contributed 31 and 25 runs respectively.

For Madhya Pradesh, Yogesh Golwalkar was the pick of the bowlers, claiming five wickets, while Sanjay Pande and Abbas Ali took two wickets each.

Needing 334 runs to win, the visitors were bowled out for 293, with Kiran Adhav taking three wickets while Kashinath Khadkikar and Ranjit Khirid also chipped in with two wickets each.

Opener Naman Ojha was the highest scorer for MP with 70 runs off 76 balls while S Dholpure (56), S Pitre (57) and A Ali (46) also made useful contributions.

Scoreboard

Maharashtra (1st innings): 501

Madhya Pradesh (1st innings): 371

Maharashtra (2nd innings): (Overnight 153 for 5):
N Godbole c and b Golwalkar 35
D Jadhav c J Ojha b Ali 79
H Kanitkar b Golwalkar 0
K Aphale c N Ojha b Golwalkar 0
D Mohan c S Pitre b S Pandey 31
R Khirid lbw Ali 4
K Khadkikar not out 25
S Satbhai lbw S Pandey 2
I Sidduqui c S Pandey b Golwalkar 12
K Adhav b Gowalkar 0
S Nair run out 0

Extras: (b 1, lb 2, nb 11) 14

Total: (all out in 85 overs) 202

Fall of wickets: 1-111, 2-112, 3-114, 4-143, 5-152, 6-161, 7-163, 8-198, 9-201.

Bowling: S Pandey 18-4-37-2, S Pitre 5-1-10-0, Y Golwalkar 34-10-73-5, N Hirwani 11-1-28-0, D Bundela 7-1-23-0, A Ali 10-3-28-2.

Madhya Pradesh (2nd innings):
N Ojha st Satbhai b Adhav 70
M Pasha c S Nair b Sidduqui 3
S Dholpure c Jadhav b Khadkikar 56
D Bundela c Satbhai b Khirid 0
A Ali c Sidduqui b Kanitkar 46
N Patwardhan c Jadhav b Adhav 1
R Bakshi b Adhav 0
S Pitre c Satbhai b Khirid 57
S Pandey c Godbole b Khadkikar 20
Y Golwalkar not out 6
N Hirwani run out 3

Extras: (b 9, lb 7, w 15) 31

Total: (all out, 54.4 overs) 293

Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-130, 3-131, 4-176, 5-177, 6-177, 7-212, 8-283, 9-289.

Bowling: I Sidduqui 12-0-68-1, K Adhav 20-1-115-3, S Nair 3-0-14-0, K Khadkikar 9.4-0-38-2, R Khirid 7-0-28-2, H Kanitkar 3-0-14-1.