Mumbai, March 14 -- Vidarbha skipper Akshay Wadkar dwelled into the reasons for the team's defeat in the Ranji Trophy final and said they fell short in batting while the partnership between Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Musheer Khan took the game away from them.

In the second innings, Vidarbha managed to reduce Mumbai to 34/2 and Musheer joined Rahane at the crease.

Both batters added 130 runs to restore Mumbai's dominance in the game. Shreyas Iyer came in and inflicted further wounds on Vidarbha's team with his rollicking knock of 95(111).

Vidarbha's rustic batting display in the first innings which saw them fold up on 105.

"We had a poor first innings. Our batting was clicking throughout, and after getting Mumbai out early in th...