March 6 (ANI): Yash Rathod's century was a major highlight as Vidarbha beat Madhya Pradesh by 62 runs in Nagpur on Wednesday to secure a shot at their third Ranji Trophy title, booking a title clash with 41-time champions Mumbai.

Vidarbha and Mumbai will take on the finals of Ranji Trophy at Wankhede Stadium from January 10.

Vidarbha elected to bat first after winning the toss. Despite a half-century from Karun Nair (63 in 105 balls with nine fours) and a knock by Atharva Taide (39 in 63 balls, with eight fours), they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 170 in 56.4 overs.

Avesh Khan (4/49), Kulwant Khejroliya (2/38) and Venkatesh Iyer (2/28) were the top bowlers for MP.

Madhya Pradesh secured a first-innings lead. MP was 93/4 at one point, but Himanshu Mantri smashed 126 in 265 balls, with 13 fours and a six and formed some important partnerships with Saransh Jain (30 in 76 balls, with a four and six) and Sagar Solanki (26 in 57 balls, with three fours).

Umesh Yadav (3/40) and Yash Thakur (3/51) were among the top-wicket takers for Vidarbha. Akshay Wakhare also took two wickets.

Vidarbha took a gigantic leap in the match during their second innings. They were once struggling at 161/5 despite a half-century from Aman Mokhade (59 in 100 balls with seven fours). But then, Yash Rathod combined with skipper Akshay Wadkar to take his team beyond the 300-run mark.

Their 158-run partnership ended with Wadkar's dismissal for 77 in 139 balls, with eight fours. Rathod went on to complete a remarkable century and was the last man to fall for 141 in 200 balls, with 18 fours and two sixes. Vidarbha was all out for 402 runs and had a 320-run lead. This gave MP a 321-run target to win.