Talking about this match, Madhya Pradesh, captained by Shubham Sharma, won the toss and decided to bat first. In such a situation, the team, batting first, scored 234 runs after losing all the wickets in 81.1 overs. Yash Dubey played an inning of 45 runs, while Himanshu Mantri was out after scoring 49 runs and Saransh Jain was out after scoring 41 runs. At the same time, when Andhra team came out to bat in the first innings, it collapsed after scoring 172 runs.
In this way, Madhya Pradesh got a lead of 62 runs, but the match took a thrilling turn when the Madhya Pradesh team was all out after scoring 107 runs in its second innings. Himanshu Mantri scored 43 runs. In this way, Andhra had a target of 170 runs to win, but Andhra team was all out after scoring 165 runs in the second innings.
At one time the team’s score was 161 for 8 wickets, but bowler Anubhav Agarwal first dismissed Girinath Reddy and then Ashwin Hebbar was dismissed LBW by Kulwant Khejroliya and gave the team a historic victory. Anubhav Agarwal took 6 wickets for Andhra Pradesh team in the second innings and he was successful in getting the Player of the Match.
Madhya Pradesh won the Ranji title in the 2021-22 season.
Madhya Pradesh last won the title in the 2021-22 season and under the leadership of head coach Chandrakant Pandit, they will be eyeing another title. The other two quarter-finals of the tournament are being played between Vidarbha and Karnataka and Mumbai and Baroda. The semi-finals are scheduled to begin on March 2. It has not been decided yet which team Madhya Pradesh will compete with.