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Karnataka entered the Ranji Trophy last aft a hiatus of 11 years, advancing by virtuousness of a archetypal innings lead from their drawn semifinal lucifer against Uttarakhand successful Lucknow connected Thursday (February 19, 2026).
Karnataka volition look Jammu and Kashmir successful the rubric clash astatine Hubballi from February 24.
Resuming the 5th and last time from their overnight 299 for six, Karnataka mislaid the remaining 4 wickets rapidly to get bowled retired for 323 for an wide pb of 826 runs.
Uttarakhand fought done fifties by Avneesh Sudha (66), Sachin Rawat (53 not out) and Abhay Negi (57 not), thwarting Karnataka’s ambitions for an outright win.
The squad finished their 2nd innings astatine 260 for six.
However, the monolithic archetypal innings pb was capable for them to guarantee a transition to the final.
Karnataka was pressing for an outright triumph aft reducing Uttarakhand to 156 for six mid-way done the 2nd session.
But Negi and Rawat hung successful there, adding 104 runs for the seventh wicket earlier some the captains decided to shingle hands immoderate 30 minutes aft tea.
Now, Karnataka volition oculus its ninth Ranji Trophy title, and the past of which came successful the 2014-15 play nether the enactment of R Vinay Kumar.
In fact, Karnataka had past achieved the uncommon favoritism of becoming the 2nd home broadside aft Mumbai to triumph each 3 the titles doubly successful arsenic galore seasons.
Following their occurrence successful the 2013-14 season, Karnataka grabbed the Ranji, Irani and Vijay Hazare trophies successful the 2014-15 play arsenic well.
Robin Uthappa led the run-chart with 912 runs portion Vinay was the starring wicket-taker on with Mumbai’s Shardul Thakur — 48 wickets.
KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Gopal are the lone 4 survivors successful the existent Karnataka squad from that play of dominance.
On that different hand, Jammu and Kashmir volition oculus its maiden Ranji title, having reached the last for the archetypal clip successful six decades.
