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On a baking, early-summer day astatine the KSCA Rajnagar Stadium present connected Saturday, Jammu & Kashmir steamrolled Karnataka to triumph its maiden Ranji Trophy title.
As J & K went into time 5 a monolithic 477 runs successful the greenish and with six second-innings wickets inactive intact, the effect was seldom successful question. Yet, the visitors refused to move, adjacent by an inch, the ft they had had connected Karnataka’s cervix since the commencement of the contest.
Paras Dogra & Co. batted for 56 overs, added 156 runs and did not suffer a wicket. Karnataka’s downfall was dilatory and painful, with small heed to its estimation arsenic an eight-time champion. Death by 1000 cuts it genuinely was.
It was fitting that the men successful the middle, erstwhile gully was called astatine 2:10 p.m. and J & K declared the champion, were Qamran Iqbal (160 n.o., 311b, 16x4, 3x6) and Sahil Lotra (101 n.o., 226b, 8x4, 3x6).
Both were last-minute wounded replacements for experienced opener Shubham Khajuria and young all-rounder Vanshaj Sharma. Qamran’s was his 2nd First Class ton and Sahil’s his first. J & K had an assembly enactment of heroes.
For Karnataka, it volition beryllium a chastening experience, for adjacent a star-studded squad couldn’t halt the State from losing a 2nd consecutive location final, albeit 16 years apart.
In the clip since Karnataka won its past rubric successful 2014-15, Vidarbha has won thrice, Saurashtra twice, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh erstwhile each.
With J & K present joining the list, the democratisation of Indian cricket is each but implicit – Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
The scores: Jammu & Kashmir — 1st innings: 584.
Karnataka — 1st innings: 293.
Jammu & Kashmir — 2nd innings: Qamran Iqbal (not out) 160, Yawer Hassan b Prasidh 1, Shubham Pundir c sub (Shrijith) b Vyshak 4; Paras Dogra b Prasidh 16, Abdul Samad c Vyshak b Shreyas 32, Sahil Lotra (not out) 101; Extras (b-17, lb-9, w-2): 28; Total (for 4 wkts. decl. successful 113 overs): 342.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-11, 3-72, 4-145.
Karnataka bowling: Vyshak 10-1-30-1, Prasidh 12-0-42-2, Vidyadhar 13-0-51-0, Shikhar 31-10-50-0, Shreyas 36-13-84-1, Karun 7-2-21-0, Rahul 2-0-15-0, Mayank 2-0-23-0.
