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{{Infobox limited overs final
| name = 2017–18 Irani Cup
| image =
| date = {{start date|2018|03|14|df=y}} – {{end date|2018|03|18|df=y}}
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| stadium = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Nagpur]]
| team1 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| team2 = [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]]
| team1overs =
| team2overs =
| team1score = 800/7 & 79/0
| team2score = 390
| details = Match drawn; Vidarbha won on 1st innings
| man_of_the_match = [[Wasim Jaffer]] (Vidarbha)
| umpires = [[C. K. Nandan]] and [[Anil Chaudhary]]
| previous = [[2016-17 Irani Cup|2016-17]]
| next = [[2018–19 Irani Cup|2018–19]]
}}
{{2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season}}
The '''2017–18 Irani Cup''' was the 56th season of [[Irani Cup]], a [[first-class cricket]] competition in India. It was played as a one-off match between [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] (the winner of the [[2017–18 Ranji trophy]]) and [[Rest of India cricket team]]. The match was played from 14 March 2018 to 18 March 2018 at the [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Nagpur]].<ref name="CI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21833433/bcci-advances-domestic-t20-tournaments-ahead-ipl-auction |title=BCCI advances domestic T20 tournaments ahead of IPL auction |accessdate=21 December 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/t20-tournament-advanced-on-request-of-ipl-teams-4991998/ |title=Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament advanced on request of IPL teams |accessdate=21 December 2017 |work=Indian Express}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%; border-collapse:collapse; width:55%;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:15%;"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/1139932.html |title= Vidarbha Squad / Players |accessdate=10 March 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"|[[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22595334 |title= Ashwin, Iyer to lead Deodhar Trophy squads|accessdate=28 February 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

|-
| [[Faiz Fazal]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
| [[Karun Nair]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
|-
| [[Ganesh Satish]]
| [[Prithvi Shaw]]
|-
| [[Rajneesh Gurbani]]
| [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]]
|-
| [[Wasim Jaffer]]
| [[Ravikumar Samarth]]
|-
| [[Akshay Karnewar]]
| [[Mayank Agarwal]]
|-
| [[Lalit Yadav (Vidarbha cricketer)|Lalit Yadav]]
| [[Hanuma Vihari]]
|-
| [[Siddhesh Neral]]
| [[K. S. Bharat]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
|-
| [[Sanjay Ramaswamy (cricketer)|Sanjay Ramaswamy]]
| <s>[[Ravindra Jadeja]]</s>
|-
| [[Aditya Sarwate]]
| [[Jayant Yadav]]
|-
| [[Karn Sharma]]
| [[Shahbaz Nadeem]]
|-
| [[Shalabh Shrivastava]]
| [[Anmolpreet Singh]]

|-
| [[Aditya Thakare]]
| [[Siddarth Kaul]]
|-
| [[Akshay Wadkar]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
| [[Ankit Rajpoot]]
|-
| [[Akshay Wakhare]]
| [[Navdeep Saini]]
|-
| [[Apoorv Wankhade]]
| [[Atit Sheth]]
|-
| [[Siddhesh Wath]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
| [[Ravichandran Ashwin]]
|-
| [[Umesh Yadav]]
|
|}
[[Ravindra Jadeja]] was ruled out of Rest of India's squad before the start of the tournament. He was replaced by [[Ravichandran Ashwin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/r-ashwin-to-replace-injured-ravindra-jadeja-for-irani-trophy-2018/|title=R Ashwin to replace injured Ravindra Jadeja for Irani Trophy 2018|work=CricTracker|accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref>

==Match==
{{Test match | date = 14–18 March
| team1 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| team2 = [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 800/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (226.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Wasim Jaffer]] 286 (431)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Siddarth Kaul]] 2/91 (36 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 390 (129.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Hanuma Vihari]] 183 (327)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rajneesh Gurbani]] 4/70 (24 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 79/0 (26 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Akshay Wadkar]] 50[[Not out|*]] (71)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Nagpur]]
| toss = Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[C. K. Nandan]] and [[Anil Chaudhary]]
| motm = [[Wasim Jaffer]] (Vidarbha)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18098/scorecard/1118704/rest-of-india-vs-vidarbha- Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn; Vidarbha won on 1st innings
| notes = This was Vidarbha's maiden Irani Trophy.
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/18098/irani-cup-2017-18/ Series home at ESPNCricinfo]

{{Domestic cricket in 2017–18}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Irani Cup}}

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