Akshay Wadkar News: Wednesday was a historic day with former Ranji champion Vidarbha winning brilliantly over Baroda. With this win, Akshay Wadkar equaled Faiz Fazal as Vidarbha captain in first-class cricket. Both now have 20-20 wins in their kitty but Wadkar has become the first captain of Vidarbha to achieve this feat in the least number of matches.

Also, in terms of winning percentage, he has achieved the feat of being the best captain till date. He is about 29 percent ahead of Faiz in terms of victory. Statistics show that Wadkar is the most successful captain in the history of Vidarbha due to his excellent leadership, aggressive tactics and ability to deliver victories. Vidarbha’s current form and Wadkar’s captaincy is taking the team to new heights.

most successful captain

Match critic Dilip Singh Uparing believes that Faiz Fazal is seen as the most successful captain of Vidarbha in his first class career, who had registered 20 wins in 47 matches. With the win against Baroda, Wadkar equaled his tally. Now with a win, Wadkar will also become the captain with most complete wins for Vidarbha.

Akshay Wadkar: Vidarbha’s most effective captain

28 – match
20 – win
02 – Defeat
06 – draw
71.42% – winning percentage

Faiz Fazal: Vidarbha’s most experienced captain

47 – match
20 – win
06 – Defeat
21 – draw
42.55% – winning percentage

Contribution of 4070 runs

The first class career of captain and wicketkeeper batsman Akshay Wadkar has been excellent so far. Along with boosting the morale of the team, he also stands at one end and helps the team out of stuck matches. Wadkar has so far scored 4070 runs in 104 innings of 68 matches played in his first class career with an average of 46.25. These include 11 centuries and 19 half-centuries. Personal highest score is 146 runs. Behind the wicket, he has so far sent the batsmen to the pavilion by taking 157 catches and 25 stumpings.

Our focus remains on complete victory: Akshay

While discussing with ‘Obnews’ after the match, captain Akshay Wadkar said that our game planning is very simple. We enter the field thinking of complete victory. Many times the circumstances are adverse but when you think and play, our brain works in the same way. Experiences on pitches of other states come in handy. Many times the game plan changes after understanding the situation but the main focus remains on complete victory.

Especially the players of our team know very well how to change the match. All players are special. I just try to adapt them to the match conditions and try to give more opportunities to players who can perform where they can, so they get good runs with the bat and good wickets with the ball, which benefits the team. He expressed hope that the performance of Vidarbha team will continue like this in future also.

• Jaideep Raghuvanshi’s report for Obnews Live