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Jammu and Kashmir win their first-ever Ranji Trophy title | Cricket News

Jammu and Kashmir win their first-ever Ranji Trophy title | Cricket News

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1 min readFeb 28, 2026 02:18 PM IST Jammu and Kashmir have made history. Fast bowler Auqib Nabi’s stellar show with the ball, coupled with centuries from Shubham Pundir in the first innings and Qamran Iqbal in the second has helped them pip a star-studded Karnataka to 2025/26 Ranji Trophy title. It marks the first time that they have won India’s premier first class domestic title and marks a remarkable turnaround for a team that was rarely ever taken seriously as opponents by most teams for much of their 66-year history in the Ranji Trophy. Jammu and Kashmir played their first game was in 1960. However, their first victory in the competition came only in their 99th match in 1982. Incidentally, it also happened to be the year that Karnataka won their third title. This 2025/26 final was their 346th match in Ranji history, and only their 47th match win. It brigs to an end a remarkable season in which they lost just one match, which came in Srinagar against Mumbai. To be updated… Disclaimer: …

Ranji Trophy Final: With his seventh five-wicket haul of the season, Auqib Nabi takes Jammu and Kashmir to the doorsteps of maiden title and himself closer to an India call-up | Cricket News

Ranji Trophy Final: With his seventh five-wicket haul of the season, Auqib Nabi takes Jammu and Kashmir to the doorsteps of maiden title and himself closer to an India call-up | Cricket News

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Auqib Nabi had some unfinished business at hand in Hubballi. He had promised himself a session on Friday to wrap up the job. He stuck to his word on Day 4 – two sessions after crafting a dream spell that propelled him closer to an India cap and Jammu and Kashmir to a historic Ranji Trophy triumph in their first attempt. There was the bittersweet feeling of not getting a steady go at Mayank Agarwal, the rearguard centurion who had ushered Karnataka to 222 for five overnight. During a jaw-dropping act lasting nine overs across both ends on Thursday afternoon, Nabi constricted KL Rahul, Karun Nair and R Smaran. But Agarwal, the ageing warhorse, got away. The Karnataka opener faced only four deliveries from Nabi in his first spell, but a trail of breadcrumbs was still left for Nabi to work on. His conspicuous forward movement helped Agarwal ward off the imminent threat of seam movement. Agarwal then based his knock on a series of cuts, charged drives and flicks against the spinners, belting a …

Ranji Trophy Final: Auqib Nabi dismantles Karnataka’s Test top order to put Jammu & Kashmir on the brink of history | Cricket News

Ranji Trophy Final: Auqib Nabi dismantles Karnataka’s Test top order to put Jammu & Kashmir on the brink of history | Cricket News

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5 min readFeb 26, 2026 03:43 PM IST Auqib Nabi’s big litmus test was the opening act of the Ranji Trophy finals week. Beyond the weight of expectation bearing down on Karnataka and J&K, Nabi’s clash with a Karnataka top order collectively carrying close to 100 Test caps was the emboldened sub-plot for Indian cricket, desperate for more match-ready seamers. The highest wicket-taker of the season, with 56 scalps, his opposition included an active India opener and the leading run-scorer of the Ranji campaign. It took Nabi 22 balls to stupefy KL Rahul with a framing so brutal on the bat-pad-wicket trifecta that the stoic India opener managed only one scoring shot. The new-ball set-up, lasting four overs from the pavilion end, instantly showed the Karnataka bowlers what they ought to have done on the first morning under muggier conditions. The second spell of five from the other end aptly illustrated why the man from Baramulla has been touted as the most India-ready seamer in the domestic circuit since last season. Unlike Karnataka, who had …

IPL 2025: RCB name Mayank Agarwal as replacement for Devdutt Padikkal | Ipl News

IPL 2025: RCB name Mayank Agarwal as replacement for Devdutt Padikkal | Ipl News

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The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have named Mayank Agarwal as the replacement for Devdutt Padikkal for the remainder of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 season as they chase a spot in the IPL playoffs and a maiden IPL title. Devdutt Padikkal was ruled out of the rest of the season due to an injury to his right hamstring. A left-handed batter, Padikkal has been a crucial part of the RCB batting line-up and was the second highest scorer for the side after 11 matches. In IPL 2025, Padikkal has batted in 10 innings, scoring 247 runs, with two half-centuries, and at a strike rate of 150.60. Bengaluru’s very own Mayank Agarwal, who had made his debut in the IPL for RCB returns after more than a decade, the franchise announced via a press release on Thursday evening. Story continues below this ad The dynamic right-hand batter has played 127 IPL matches, scoring 2661 runs. He has one IPL hundred and 13 fifties against his name. Mayank joins RCB for a Rs 1 crore price …

Classy Smaran’s stroke-filled century leads Karnataka to Vijay Hazare title | Cricket News

Classy Smaran’s stroke-filled century leads Karnataka to Vijay Hazare title | Cricket News

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“Shot-ra Dei!” Shouts of joy rang out from the Karnataka dugout when Smaran Ravichandran started to unfurl boundaries to drag the team from 67 for 3 in the 15th over towards a very competitive total in the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the end, his splendid 103, allied with breezy fifties from Abhinav Manohar (42-ball 79) and Krishnan Shrijith (78) propelled Karnataka to a match-winning 348. Vidarbha’s resistance came from Dhruv Shorey, who scored his third consecutive hundred, and Harsh Dubey (30-ball 63) who threatened an unlikely heist but fell well short in the end.“It’s a very interesting period for Karnataka, lot of youngsters coming in with great skill sets and mentality. Unbelievable to be part of this group and to have won the trophy. Was a game-changing partnership, we were 67/3, for them (Smaran and Shrijth) to play with that maturity and take the game deep and then for Abhinav Manohar to come in and play like that,” Karnataka’s captain Mayank Agarwal said later. It was the 21-year old left-hander Smaran, though, who …

From Karun Nair to Ruturaj Gaikwad, players to watch out for in Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinals | Cricket News

From Karun Nair to Ruturaj Gaikwad, players to watch out for in Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinals | Cricket News

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The semifinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy begin are scheduled to take place on Wednesday and Thursday followed by the final on Saturday. Like the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, this has been a high-scoring tournament which has also seen players shatter records. As the tournament enters the business end, here is a look at the players to watch out for from the two semifinals. Haryana vs Karnataka Nishant Sindhu: The 20-year-old has already made his mark with his all-round capabilities in the last two matches for the defending champions. Apart from churning out noted contributions with the bat, Sindhu who bowls left-arm orthodox has also been one of Haryana’s lead bowlers. Thanks to his all-round capabilities he is a player being seen with interest by the selectors. Anshul Kamboj in action for Haryana in the Ranji Trophy. (Instagram) Anshul Kamboj: One of the promising seamers emerging out of the domestic circuit, Anshul is a workhorse with ball in hand. Kamboj is capable of moving the ball both ways and hence is lethal with the new …

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024/25: Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre – top 5 performers in the league stage | Cricket News

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024/25: Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre – top 5 performers in the league stage | Cricket News

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The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 league stage came to a close on Sunday after several rounds of action culminated with 10 teams qualifying for the knockouts. While several heavyweights including Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra missed out on the knockouts, a range of veteran stars and youngsters displayed their best in the tournament. CHECK OUT: Full Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024/25 Knockout Schedule Here is a look at the top performers from the group stage: Karun Nair Having moved on from Karnataka aftr 11 years last season, Karun Nair was elevated as captain for Vidarbha specifically for this tournament. Signalling a brilliant second win, the 33-year-old Nair pulverized oppositions while batting at No. 3, leading Vidarbha to a quarter-final berth with a spotless record, winning all six matches. Batting in five of these games, Nair listed a new List A world record as he went unbeaten across four games, making 542 runs before being dismissed in his fifth match. Nair’s streak reads: 112* v J&K, 44* v Chhattisgarh, 163* v Chandigarh, 111* v Tamil …

Vijay Hazare Trophy round-up: Shahrukh Khan’s blockbuster hundred; Agarwal’s one-man show and Mumbai’s landslide win | Cricket News

Vijay Hazare Trophy round-up: Shahrukh Khan’s blockbuster hundred; Agarwal’s one-man show and Mumbai’s landslide win | Cricket News

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M Shahrukh Khan’s maiden List A century and his unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 216 with Mohammed Ali against Uttar Pradesh helped Tamil Nadu get their first win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. At the ACA-VDCA stadium in Vizag, put to bat first on a pitch that had assistance for seamers in the morning, Tamil Nadu were tottering at 68/5 in 22.1 overs before Shahrukh and the 20-year-old Ali in a 151-ball stand powered them to 284/5. The bowlers before then shut UP to 170. From the time Shahrukh made his List A debut in 2014, he has been long living on promise. Having donned the challenging role of a finisher, in a batting unit that is not short on pedigree, he seldom had the opportunities to score big. In 48 matches, he has batted only in 33 innings and it is only during this knock that he crossed 1000 runs in List A. Whether this knock would revive his career only time will tell, but TN will hope he repays the faith invested in him. …

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Shrijith’s 150 trumps Shreyas’ blistering ton as Karnataka chase down 383 | Cricket News

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Shrijith’s 150 trumps Shreyas’ blistering ton as Karnataka chase down 383 | Cricket News

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KL Shrijith’s whirlwind unbeaten 150 trumped Shreyas Iyer’s fiery 114 as Karnataka etched a seven-wicket win over Mumbai in a Group C match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground ‘B’ in Ahmedabad. Shreyas’ unbeaten 55-ball knock (5×4, 10×6) combined with fifties from Ayush Mhatre (78, 82b), Hardik Tamore (84, 94b) and Shivam Dube (63 not out, 36b) guided Mumbai to an imposing 382 for four in 50 overs. But Shrijith, who went to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh in the recent IPL auction, hammered 150 off 101 balls with 20 fours and four sixes to help Karnataka scale down the target with 3.4 overs to spare. He was ably supported by KV Aneesh (82, 66b), Praveen Dubey (65 not out, 50b) and captain Mayank Agarwal (47, 48b). During his knock, Iyer became the second batter to hit 10 sixes twice in a Vijay Hazare Trophy innings after Yusuf Pathan. Mumbai lost Angkrish Raghuvanshi (6) cheaply. But Mhatre ( 6x4s, 2x6s) put on 141 runs for the second wicket with …

Shashwat Rawat, Prasidh Krishna lead India A to Duleep Trophy title with thrilling win over India C in round 3 – India TV

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Image Source : BCCIDOMESTIC/X Riyan Parag and Shahswat Rawat during the Duleep Trophy match in Anantapur on September 22, 2024 Mayank Agarwal‘s India A clinched the Duleep Trophy 2024 title after beating India C in the thrilling final-round on Sunday, September 22. The rising batter Shashwat Rawat and star pacer Prasidh Krishna shone to lead India A to the 132-run win over Ruturaj Gaikwad’s team in Anantapur. Chasing a 350-run target in on Day 4, India C needed a win or a draw doe clinch the title but India A bowlers produced an impressive display to bowl out their opponents to 217 runs with just 4.2 overs remaining to stumps.  Sai Sudharsan scored a brilliant century and Gaikwad scored a crucial 44 runs to take the game to the wire but Prasidh Krishna made a late impact with two big wickets of Sudharsan and Baba Indrajith to lead India A to glory. Shashwat Rawat made the biggest impact with a century in the first innings and a quick fifty in the second innings to wrap up …