Vidarbha players celebrate with their coach Chandrakant Pandit after winning the Ranji Trophy final cricket match against Delhi by 9 wickets, in Indore on Monday. Pic/PTI

Spurring a bunch of underdogs to India's biggest prize in domestic cricket is no small task but so confident was Vidarbha coach Chandrakant Pandit that he had made inquiries about rewards for the improbable feat at the very start of the Ranji season. After winning their maiden Ranji Trophy following five decades of trying, Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) vice-president Prashant Vaidya recalled the time when Pandit, after being signed up last season, asked what they would do with the prize money.