In a historic moment, Parthiv Patel led his team Gujarat to a maiden Ranji Trophy after beating Mumbai by five wickets in Indore.
Gujarat beat defending champions who have 41 titles to their name.
Needing 312 runs to win, Gujarat started their innings on the final day at 47/0 with Priyank Panchal (34*) and Samit Gohil (5*) at the crease.
Balwinder Sandu struck twice in the opening half hour as he removed both Priyank Panchal (34) and Bhargav Merai (2) in quick successions.
Gujarat were dealt a third blow soon as Abhishek Nayar dismissed Samit Gohil for 21.
Parthiv Patel was joined at the crease by Manprit Juneja and the duo batted Mumbai out of the final.
Skipper Parthiv led from the front as he notched up his second half century of the match, while Juneja proved to be an able support on the other end.
But Parthiv kept going and notched up a brilliant century in his maiden Ranji Trophy final outing and 25th of his illustrious First Class career.
Parthiv was finally dismissed for 143 post-tea but the captain had done his job by then, taking his side to just 13 runs from target.
Chirag Gandhi finally scored the winning runs to bring an end to a fascinating fifth day’s play in the Ranji Trophy final.
The highlight of the day was undoubtedly Parthiv Patel who led from the front and produced a brilliant knock when his team needed it the most.
