Jammu and Kashmir cricket team has created history. Under the captaincy of Paras Dogra, Jammu and Kashmir has become the champion of Ranji Trophy. Jammu and Kashmir has won the Ranji Trophy title for the first time. Jammu and Kashmir team reached the final of Ranji Trophy for the first time. The final match of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy was a draw, but due to first innings lead, Jammu and Kashmir was declared champion.

Jammu and Kashmir became champion for the first time in 67 years

In the final match, Jammu and Kashmir batted first and scored 584 runs in its first innings. In response, Karnataka team could score only 293 runs in its first innings. In this way Jammu and Kashmir got a huge lead of 291 runs in the first innings. Even after this, Jammu and Kashmir did not follow Karnataka. Jammu and Kashmir itself came to play and scored 342 runs for 4 wickets in the second innings. Then the captains of both the teams agreed to draw the match and in this way Jammu and Kashmir became champion for the first time.

This is Jammu and Kashmir’s first Ranji Trophy title, which is a historic achievement for this team. In this way, Jammu and Kashmir has ended its long wait of 67 years to win the Ranji Trophy.

There were many heroes in Karnataka’s team in the final.

In the title match, there were many players in Karnataka’s team who have played Test cricket for India. It included KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Devdutt Padikkal and Prasidh Krishna. Mayank Agarwal also played an inning of 160 runs in the first innings.

Hero of Jammu and Kashmir in the final

In the final for Jammu and Kashmir, Shubham Pundir played an inning of 121 runs in the first innings. He hit 12 fours and 2 sixes in his century innings. Apart from this, Yawar Hasan scored 88 runs. Captain Paras Dogra played an inning of 70 runs and Abdul Samad played an inning of 61 runs. In bowling, Aaqib Nabi Dar took 5 wickets for Jammu and Kashmir in the first innings. In the second innings, Kamran Iqbal played a brilliant inning of 160 runs for the champion team. Apart from this, Sahil Lotra scored 101 runs.

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