Jammu Kashmir vs Karnataka Final Match Draw: Jammu and Kashmir has created history by winning the Ranji Trophy title for the first time. In the final match played in Hubli, Jammu & Kashmir vs Karnataka match was a draw, but Jammu & Kashmir became the winner. From fast bowler Aaqib Nabi to Kamran Iqbal, many players were the heroes of this historic title win of Jammu and Kashmir. But the question being asked is how the winner was declared even though the final match was a draw.

How did Jammu and Kashmir become champion without winning?

Actually, the rule of first innings lead is applied in the Ranji Trophy final. If no result is achieved after five days of play, the winner is decided on the basis of first innings lead.

Jammu and Kashmir had scored 584 runs in the first innings. In response, Karnataka’s first innings was all out for only 293 runs. In such a situation, Jammu and Kashmir had a huge lead of 291 runs in the first innings. Now the result of the match could not be determined, hence on the basis of this lead of 291 runs, Karnataka lost and Jammu and Kashmir was declared the champion.

Aaqib Nabi was the hero of victory

Fast bowler Aaqib Nabi made a huge contribution in this historic victory of Jammu and Kashmir. Aaqib Nabi was the highest wicket taker in this tournament, he took a total of 60 wickets in 17 innings. There were seven such occasions when he took 5 or more wickets in an innings.

The second highest wicket taker for Jammu and Kashmir in the tournament was Sunil Kumar, who sent 31 batsmen to the pavilion. Sunil’s figures are half of Aaqib Nabi, from this it can be estimated how Nabi led the bowling line-up of Jammu and Kashmir on his shoulders alone.

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Ranji Trophy Final: Jammu and Kashmir team, which reached the final of Ranji Trophy for the first time, is not far away from creating history. By the fourth day of this match being played at KSCA Hubli Ground in Hubli, the team has made a strong hold on the match. At the same time, Karnataka’s problems seem to be increasing continuously.

After winning the toss and batting first, Jammu and Kashmir team scored a huge score of 584 runs in the first innings. In this big lead of the team, Sahil Lotra played an important inning of 72 runs, while Yudhveer Singh Charak also made useful contributions and took the team to a strong position. Batting for almost 180 overs, Jammu and Kashmir had completely tired the Karnataka bowlers.

Karnataka’s start got spoiled due to Auqib Nabi’s lethal bowling.

In reply, the Karnataka team, which came to bat, had a very bad start. Jammu and Kashmir’s fast bowler Auqib Nabi shocked the top order by bowling brilliantly. He pushed Karnataka on the backfoot by quickly dismissing Indian team’s star batsman KL Rahul along with Karun Nair and Smrana Ravichandran.

Apart from this, Sunil Kumar further increased Karnataka’s troubles by taking the wicket of Devdutt Padikkal. After this, captain Mayank Agarwal tried to control the team by scoring a brilliant century at one end, but Aaqib Nabi stopped him at 160 runs and showed the way to the pavilion. Till the time of writing the news, Vijay Kumar and Prasidh Krishna are fighting to keep the team in the match.

Jammu and Kashmir is in a strong position

Till the first session of the fourth day, Karnataka has scored 288 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 92 overs, but the team is still 296 runs behind Jammu and Kashmir. In such a situation, the balance of the match currently seems to be tilted towards Jammu and Kashmir.