Hubli, Feb 27 (IANS) Right-arm pacer Auqib Nabi picked up his seventh five-wicket haul of the season as Jammu & Kashmir bowled out Karnataka for 293 in 93.3 overs, taking a massive 291-run first-innings lead in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Final at the Hubli Cricket Ground on Friday. Karnataka began cautiously in reply to Jammu and Kashmir’s first-innings total of 584, scoring just 27 runs in the first ten overs. Auqib kept things tight with a series of maiden overs and got the breakthrough in…
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Hubli (Karnataka), Feb 26 (IANS) Opening batter Mayank Agarwal produced a magnificent rearguard century to anchor Karnataka’s resistance, but Jammu and Kashmir retained firm control on the proceedings at stumps on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy final at the Hubli Cricket Cround, the home side closing at 220/5 in response to the visitors’ imposing first-innings total of 584.Resuming the day with Jammu and Kashmir’s lower-order at the crease, Karnataka struck early through Prasidh Krishna, who co…
Hubli, Feb 26 (IANS) Veteran opening batter Mayank Agarwal stood tall amid early turbulence, guiding Karnataka to 144/4 at Tea on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy final after Jammu and Kashmir struck thrice in a devastating post-lunch spell before an unbroken 87-run partnership restored some balance to the contest. Resuming at 35/1 after lunch in reply to Jammu and Kashmir’s imposing 584, Karnataka suffered immediate setbacks as the visiting seamers capitalised on the helpful surface. Sunil Kumar provi…
Hubli, Feb 26 (IANS) Karnataka made a cautious start in response to Jammu and Kashmir’s imposing first-innings total to reach 35/1 in 13 overs at Lunch on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy Final, with skipper Mayank Agarwal unbeaten on 16 and Devdutt Padikkal on 4. Jammu and Kashmir’s new-ball pair of Auqib Nabi Dar and Sunil Kumar maintained excellent discipline early, bowling tight lines and extracting movement to keep KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal under constant pressure.Both openers were forced to…
Hubbali, Feb 25 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra has been fined 50 percent of his match fee and handed two demerit points for head-butting Karnataka substitute fielder K.V. Aneesh during day two’s play in the Ranji Trophy final at the KSCA Ground on Wednesday.A BCCI official told IANS that Dogra has been fined 50 percent of his match fee shortly after day two’s play ended. “In addition to this, two demerit points have been added to Dogra’s disciplinary record, as per the play…
Hubli, Feb 25 (IANS) Tensions boiled over in the Ranji Trophy final as Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra was reportedly fined 50 per cent of his match fee for headbutting Karnataka substitute fielder KV Aneesh during an explosive exchange on Day 2 of the title clash.The disciplinary action follows one of the most volatile moments witnessed in recent domestic cricket finals, when a fiercely contested match briefly descended into confrontation.The flashpoint occurred in the 101st over of Jammu…
Hubli, Feb 25 (IANS) The Ranji Trophy Final between eight-time champions Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir at the Hubli Cricket Ground witnessed dramatic scenes on Day 2 as J&K captain Paras Dogra lost his cool during his innings and headbutted a Karnataka fielder K.V. Aneesh, triggering heated exchanges between the two sides. The incident happened in the 101st over when, shortly after edging a delivery from Krishna to the boundary, Dogra was involved in a verbal exchange with Karnataka subs…
Hubli, Feb 24 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir have won the toss and opted to bat first against eight-time champions Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy final here at the KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground on Tuesday.Jammu & Kashmir have qualified for their maiden Ranji Trophy. Notably, the last team to win their maiden Ranji Trophy title was MP in the 2021-22 seasonWhile Paras Dogra-captained J&K have a maiden title up for grabs, Devdutt Padikkal-led Karnataka are chasing their first crown in well over a deca…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) In the Jammu and Kashmir dressing room buzzing with the nerves of playing their first-ever Ranji Trophy final against Karnataka in Hubbali, fast bowling spearhead Auqib Nabi is, by all accounts, the calmest man in the room. That equanimity is precisely what makes Nabi, hailing from Sheeri, a small village in Baramulla, so dangerous.When J&K take the field for the title clash in Hubbali on Tuesday, all eyes will again be on Nabi to conjure magic yet again with the red…
Lucknow, Feb 15 (IANS) Wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul hit his second century in a row and forged a historic 296-run partnership with captain Devdutt Padikkal, who remained unbeaten at 148, as Karnataka reached 355/2 at stumps on Day 1 in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Uttarakhand at the Ekana Stadium on Sunday.Coming to bat after losing the toss, Karnataka were off to a bad start as their experienced batter Mayank Agarwal was dismissed for 18 runs in the ninth over.But his opening partner, R…