Ganesh Satish

December 10, 2016: The date is seminal to Vidarbha's cricketing journey to domestic greatness.

Ganesh Satish pummeled the Maharashtra attack into submission as his elegant 275 put Vidarbha in a commanding position on the second day of their Elite Group G Ranji Trophy game here on Friday.

The Vidarbha innings, which ended in the second session on Wednesday, churned out many stats. Prominent among all those numbers was the name: Ganesh Satish.

Ganesh Satish scored a patient 78 while Apoorv Wankhede smashed 45-ball 64 as Vidarbha beat Haryana by 68 runs in a group A League match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, on Saturday.

Experienced batter Faiz Fazal will lead a strong 18-member Vidarbha squad for the Ranji Trophy beginning January 13.

Chasing 364 on any ground was going to be a daunting task. But Vidarbha’s centurion Ganesh Satish ensured they were well on course till the 30th over.

Even after helping Vidarbha defend their Ranji and Irani Trophy titles, Ganesh Satish wasn’t a happy man. The 31-year-old, who has been with Vidarbha since 2014-15, had scored runs in crucial situations but there were no hundred against his name in the last season. This somewhat bothered him.

Ganesh Satish, a former Karnataka star and Vidarbha champion, returns to his home state as the Karnataka U-23 coach. After a distinguished playing career, he aims to nurture young talent for the Ranji Trophy side, focusing on building a strong cricketing culture. His immediate challenge is to address team inconsistency.

Wicketkeeper batsman Akshay Wadkar will lead a 20-member Vidarbha squad, which includes senior India pacer Umesh Yadav, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, starting on November 4.

Centuries from captain Faiz Fazal (119) and Apoorv Wankhade (107) enabled Vidarbha take a firm control of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match against Kerala at the end of the fourth day's play here.

Ganesh Satish's reaction to his double hundred gave a reflection of his current mindset. After square-cutting left-arm spinner Azim Kazi to a spectacular boundary to reach the 200-run mark, Satish celebrated just for a few seconds and was back to the grind against Maharashtra on Friday.

Crisis man' Ganesh Satish slammed an unbeaten 146 to propel Vidarbha to 270 for 3 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group G match against Maharashtra on Thursday. Opting to bat, Vidarbha lost their openers in-form skipper Faiz Fazal (14) and Sanjay Raghunath (3) cheaply, and were in spot of bother at 18 for 2.

Top-order batsmen Jitesh Sharma (83) and Ganesh Satish (73) hit half-centuries as Vidarbha trounced Assam by 104 runs to finish on top of Group A points table at the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday.

Attacking batsman Faiz Fazal will lead Vidarbha in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, the national ODI championship, while Akshay Wadkar will be his deputy.

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If Vidarbha did well for the last two years and qualified for the knock-outs, the major reason was team effort. Their batsmen put runs on the board, bowlers hunted in pairs and, most importantly, fielders didn’t drop too many catches.

Ganesh Satish's exhibition of batting on Thursday would be a learning experience for any youngster. It showed patience at the beginning, and measured aggression towards the end.

Ganesh Satish smashed his 15th first-class hundred as defending champions Vidarbha produced a power-packed batting performance raising visions of an outright victory over a depleted Delhi after third day's play in the Ranji Trophy group A encounter on Tuesday.

Eyebrows may have been raised when the Irani Cup was called off with Vidarbha needing just 11 runs for an outright win, but one of their senior players on Sunday insisted that the decision was mutually taken.