We will be sticking to the basics like we have done before: Dogra

: The archetypal six questions successful Monday’s captains’ media briefing up of the Ranji Trophy last betwixt Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir were each addressed to the location skipper Devdutt Padikkal.

J & K skipper Paras Dogra sat softly but each the clip displaying a quiescent confidence. In a way, it was typical of his outfit’s play — unfancied, unheralded but with a arrogant spot astatine Indian cricket’s precocious table.

“We are relaxed and determination is not excessively overmuch tension,” the 41-year-old declared connected the eve of his side’s maiden Ranji acme clash. “It is simply a precise large happening to play the last and we are trying to beryllium calm and composed. We volition beryllium sticking to the basics similar we person done before.”

One of the stand-out features of J & K’s travel this variation has been the outright victories it has registered against 5 erstwhile champions successful Delhi, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Bengal. Facing different large team, replete with stars, doesn’t look to faze its players.

“We person beaten sides successful their homes [Delhi, MP and Bengal] and that gives america a large boost,” Dogra said. “We person played star-studded teams before. We person bully accomplishment level and a bully batting line-up. So, we are confident.”