New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Vidarbha registered a nervy three-wicket win over defending champions J&K in the Ranji Trophy on Tuesday, but it was not before being given a scare at the Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar. For the longest time, it seemed that the Paras Dogra-led side would do the unthinkable and defend the joint second-lowest total in Ranji Trophy history. However, Harsh Dubey and Nachiket Bhute had other plans. When J&K folded up for 123 in their second innings, not many would have given the hosts a chance of making it a tight game after setting a target of just 79. However, Sunil Kumar and Umar Nazir came out firing, reducing Vidarbha to 26/5. Things then went from bad to worse for Vidarbha as captain Akshay Wadkar was run out by Qamran Iqbal, and Vidarbha were left reeling at 26/6, still 53 runs away from the target. Dubey and Mandar Mahale then frustrated J&K, and the duo chipped away slowly and steadily, taking Vidarbha to 48/6 at tea on Day 3, with the team being 31 runs away from a win. Immediately after the tea break, Sunil Kumar ended the seventh-wicket stand, dismissing Mahale for 25, and the match once again hung in the balance. Bhute then joined Dubey in the middle, and the duo battled nerves to take Vidarbha over the line in the final session on Day 3. Dubey and Bhute remained unbeaten on 22 and 13. For J&K, Sunil Kumar returned with four wickets while Umar Nazir took two. Overall, the record for the lowest score defended in Ranji belongs to Vidarbha, who had defended 73 against Gujarat in the 2022-23 season. Brief scores: In Srinagar: J&K 260 and 123. Vidarbha 305 and 81/7 (Harsh Dubey 22 not out; Sunil Kumar 4/30). Vidarbha won by three wickets. In Vadodara: Bihar 166 and 251 (Mangal Mahrour 138; Bhargav Bhatt 6/53). Baroda 416 and 4/0. Baroda won by 10 wickets. In Kanpur: UP 202 and 197. Goa 164 and 167 (Suyash Prabhudesai 72; Kartik Yadav 5/37). UP won by 68 runs. In New Delhi: Bengal 184 & 146. Services 122 & 148 in 68.5 overs (Nitin Tanwar 49; Pradipta Pramanik 4/48, Shahbaz Ahmed 3/44). Bengal won by 60 runs. In New Delhi: Delhi 648/6 decl. Gujarat 363/5 in 120 overs (Manan Hingrajia 108*, Jaymeet Patel 72; Hrithik Shokeen 3/94). In Bilaspur: Himachal 140 & 144/3 in 56 overs. Mumbai 528/8 decl in 151 overs (Musheer Khan 57, Siddhesh Lad 87, Sarfaraz Khan 154, Akash Anand 117; Jitender Rana 4/108). In Chennai: Tamil Nadu 313. Uttarakhand 134 & 113 in 45.4 overs (Dega Nishchal 25; R Sai Kishore 6/34, Ajith Ram 4/33). Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 66 runs. In Jaipur: Rajasthan 497. Railways 305/6 in 112 overs (Eshaan Goyal 64, Bhargav Merai 73, Ravi Singh 53)....