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.

Jammu Kashmir Captain Paras Dogra Fight: Paras Dogra has been punished for attacking a player in the final match of Ranji Trophy 2025-26. He will have to pay a fine of 50 percent of the match fee for bad behaviour. Paras is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir team and he headbutted Karnataka’s KV Anish during the final match. The final match is being played in Hubli (Karnataka).

This incident happened in the first session of the second day in the final match. Paras Dogra retired hurt on the first day of the match. On the second day, Paras came to bat again in the 99th over. Karnataka’s bowlers targeted him with short pitch balls, while the fielders kept sledging him continuously.

The situation appeared to worsen in the 101st over. A ball from Prasidh Krishna hit Dogra’s bat and went towards the boundary. Meanwhile, Captain Dogra had an argument with KV Aneesh, who was present in the field as a substitute fielder. The matter became so heated that Paras Dogra headbutted Anish with his helmet. Mayank Agarwal immediately tried to intervene. After that the umpires also pacified the matter.

Dogra apologized to Anish after the end of the over, but as punishment he will have to pay a fine of 50 percent of the match fee. In this innings, Paras Dogra was out after scoring 70 runs.

match status

In the final match of Ranji Trophy 2025-26, Jammu and Kashmir has scored 527 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the first innings till the end of the second day’s play. Shubham Pundir has played a century inning of 121 runs in the match. Apart from him, Yaver Hasan contributed 88 runs. Apart from them, captain Paras Dogra scored 70 runs, Abdul Samad scored 61 runs, Kanhaiya Wadhawan also scored 70 runs and till now Sahil Lotra is the fifth batsman from Jammu and Kashmir to score 50+ in an innings.

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The final match of Ranji Trophy Elite 2025-26 is being played between Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka at KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground. Today, on the second day of this match, a big controversy was seen on the ground. Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra clashed with Karnataka player KV Aneesh, the captain hit him on the head with his helmet. Seeing this, Mayank Agarwal, playing for Karnataka, ran towards him and stood in the middle, he was very angry after seeing this action of Paras.

Why did there fight between cricketers?

This fight took place in the 101st over of Jammu and Kashmir’s innings. In this over of Karnataka bowler Prasidh Krishna, a ball hit the edge of the bat of Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra and went for a four. After this there was an argument between Dogra and the substitute player KV Anish standing at forward short leg.

While arguing, Paras Dogra went to Anish, the fielder was also wearing a helmet. Dogras went to him and hit him on the head with a sword while wearing a helmet. The umpire and other fielders ran towards him. Mayank Agarwal also immediately went and stood among them. He was very angry at Paras and scolded him. After this, KL Rahul also talked to Paras, the umpire also gave him a warning.

It’s a headbutt by the J&K captain. Just not done in a cricket match #RanjiTrophy pic.twitter.com/Z7Jgv4XuiS

— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) February 25, 2026

After this over of famous Krishna, Paras Dogra also apologized to Anish. Karnataka captain Devdutt Padikkal also talked to Dogra about this and explained it to him. Paras Dogra scored 70 runs in the first innings, he was bowled by Shreyas Gopal.

Ranji Trophy final status

In the final which started from 24th February, Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and decided to bat first. Till the time of writing the news, Jammu and Kashmir has scored more than 500 runs after losing 6 wickets. Shubham Pundir scored a century, he scored 121 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 12 fours. Apart from captain Paras Dogra (70), Hasan Khan (88), Abdul Samad (61), and Kanhaiya Wadhawan (57) scored half-centuries. Sahil Lotra has scored a half-century, he is still unbeaten.

Krishna, who is famous for Karnataka, has taken 3 wickets so far. Vidyadhar Patil, Shreyas Gopal and Shikhar Shetty have taken 1-1 wicket.

Jammu and Kashmir did wonders in Ranji Trophy. Thanks to the strong performance of Aaqib Nabi Dar, Jammu and Kashmir has entered the final of Ranji Trophy by defeating Bengal by 6 wickets in the semi-finals. Jammu and Kashmir team has reached the Ranji Trophy final for the first time. Player of the match Aaqib Nabi Dar took 5 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. Putting up a calm and disciplined performance, the Jammu and Kashmir team successfully chased down the target to register a memorable win against a strong Bengal team. This historic achievement marks a defining moment in the growth and progress of cricket in Jammu and Kashmir.

Aaqib Nabi’s all-round performance (9 wickets in the match and 42 off 54 balls in the first innings) led Jammu and Kashmir to a six-wicket win against two-time champions Bengal and are likely to face Karnataka in the final, with Uttarakhand set to take the first innings lead in the second semi-final. Bengal were all out for 99 runs in the second innings, with Nabi and Sunil Kumar taking four wickets each, leaving J&K a modest target of 126 runs. While chasing the target, Vansh Sharma maintained his courage and led the team to victory by hitting a six off Mukesh Kumar. He remained unbeaten on 43 runs, and was supported by Abdul Samad (30 runs off 27 runs).

The historic qualification for the Ranji Trophy final is a testament to the team’s hard work, courage and consistent good performance throughout the season. Nabi has been the center of J&K’s excellent performance this season. He also played a key role in the quarter-final win over Madhya Pradesh, taking 12 for 110, including 7 for 40 in the first innings and 5 for 70 in the second innings, as J&K won by 56 runs.

This success has been widely celebrated by the cricket fraternity and fans of the entire region, which shows the rising standard of domestic cricket in Jammu and Kashmir. The team will now prepare to play in the Ranji Trophy final for the first time with full confidence and strong intentions.