Rest of India clinches 25th Irani Trophy after eight wicket win

Kuldeep Sen blew away the last two batters with scorching pace and steep bounce to finish with a match haul of eight wickets as Rest of India won their 25th Irani Trophy with a walk-in-the-park eight wicket victory over Saurashtra here on Tuesday.
While Saurashtra gave a much better account of themselves in the second innings but a total of 380 meant Rest of India needed only 105 runs with almost two days of play left.
They knocked off the runs in little over a session and a half, with Abhimanyu Easwaran remaining unbeaten on 63 while adding 81 match-winning runs for the unbroken third wicket stand with keeper Kona Bharat (27 not out).