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Ranji Trophy Final 2025-26 Final: After Uttarakhand scored a mountain of runs in the first semi-final, Karnataka team has made it to the final of Ranji Trophy. Overall, Karnataka scored 1059 runs in both the innings with one double century and three centuries. The ruckus of Karnataka’s batsmen was seen, but there was no result in this match. With the drawn match, Karnataka made it to the final of the tournament after 11 years.
Karnataka in Ranji Trophy final
New Delhi. After a long wait of 11 years, Karnataka cricket team will play the final of Ranji Trophy and win the title. This team, captained by Devdutt Padikkal, played the first semi-final draw of the current season and qualified for the title battle. The first semi-final match of Ranji Trophy played between Karnataka and Uttarakhand ended in a draw. Karnataka’s batsmen maintained complete dominance in the semi-final match held at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. This team has also confirmed its place in the finals with the draw. Karnataka will face Jammu and Kashmir in the title match.
Karnataka batsmen attacked
Karnataka’s batsmen performed brilliantly and scored 736 runs in the first innings. For Karnataka, Devdutt Padikkal scored a double century and played a brilliant inning of 232 runs. Whereas KL Rahul scored 141 runs, Smaran Ravichandran contributed 135 runs. In bowling, Aditya Rawat took 4 wickets and Mayank Mishra took 3 wickets for Uttarakhand.
Karnataka in Ranji Trophy final
In response to this, the entire team of Uttarakhand was reduced to scoring only 233 runs. Lakshya Rajesh scored the maximum 55 runs on behalf of the team. At the same time, after taking 4 wickets in bowling, Aditya also played an important inning of 45 runs with the bat and remained unbeaten. In bowling for Karnataka, Vijay Kumar Vaishakh and Vidyadhar Patil took three wickets each, while Shreyas Gopal took 2 wickets.
In the second inning, the entire Karnataka team was all out after scoring 323 runs. Smaran scored 127 runs while playing a century, while KL Rahul remained unbeaten after scoring 86 runs. Karnataka set a huge target of 827 runs for Uttarakhand to win. In response, Uttarakhand team could score only 260 runs after losing 6 wickets on the last day and the match ended in a draw. Jammu and Kashmir has secured a ticket to the final for the first time by defeating Bengal in the second semi-final. The final match of the tournament is to be played from 24th February.
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