Earlier in the day, Vidarbha stretched their first innings to 295 as Yash Rathod's long vigil at the crease ended. Rathod's 115 came off 191 deliveries and included 14 boundaries. Vidarbha pacers then made early inroads into the Andhra innings, preventing them from piling up a big score. Darshan Nalkande, Nachiket Bhute and Aditya Thakare picked up two wickets each while spinners Harsh Dubey and Parth Rekhade kept things tight.
Opener Abhishek Reddy top-scored with 73 while Saurabh Kumar contributed 62.
By close of play Vidarbha had stretched their lead to 71 runs with all second innings wickets intact.
BRIEF SCORE
Vidarbha 1st innings 295 all out in 89.3 overs (Yash Rathod 115, Rohit Binkar 37, Darshan Nalkande 36, Nachiket Bhute 31; KS Raju 5/62)
Andhra 1st innings: 228 all out in 65.3 overs (Abhishek Reddy 73, Saurabh Kumar 62; Aditya Thakare 2/33, Darshan Nalkande 2/71, Nachiket Bhute 2/71, Parth Rekhade 2/25)
Vidarbha 2nd innings 4/0 in 2 overs
Vidarbha lead by 71 runs