Jammu and Kashmir continued to flex its batting muscle tissues because it motored on to 527 for six at stumps on the second day of the Ranji Trophy closing towards Karnataka in Hubbali.
Paras Dogra together with keeper batter Kanhaiya Wadhawan (70), Sahil Lotra (57 batting) all made good-looking contributions because it grew to become an actual toil for the Karnataka bowlers save Prasidh Krishna (3/90 in 29 overs) didn’t make a lot of an affect.
With J&Okay anticipated to bat on within the third day and the pitch providing near nothing for the bowlers, there’s a risk that Karnataka received’t have sufficient time to finish its first innings.
If Karnataka manages to achieve the first-innings lead by the tip of the sport, it will emerge champions. If it doesn’t accomplish that, and nonetheless has wickets in hand within the first innings on the finish of the sport, there exists a tiebreaker to find out the winner.
What occurs if J&Okay and Karnataka can’t be separated by a first-innings lead?
As per BCCI’s enjoying situations for Ranji Trophy, in any of the knockout matches, if an outright win or the primary innings lead just isn’t achieved due to any cause, then the winner will probably be determined by the next standards:
- a) The workforce with larger variety of factors at league stage.
- b) If factors are equal, then workforce with larger variety of factors of bonus factors on the league stage.
- c) If factors and bonus factors are equal, then the workforce with larger variety of outright wins on the league stage.
- d) If factors, bonus factors and variety of outright wins are equal then the workforce who has received the match outright towards one another if they’ve already performed towards one another within the league stage.
- e) If factors, bonus factors, variety of outright wins are equal, and clause (d) just isn’t relevant then workforce with increased run quotient calculated as much as earlier sport together with league section.
- f) In case of winner can’t be decided after making use of above clauses then the winner will probably be determined by spin of coin, in presence of Match Referee or the Umpires if Match Referee just isn’t current.
- g) Within the Finals if winner can’t be decided after making use of above clauses “a to e”, then each groups will probably be declared joint winners. Spin of coin won’t be relevant for finals.
This is able to imply, if the ultimate ends with out the conclusion of each first-innings batting efforts, Karnataka will win the Ranji Trophy title because it had extra factors within the group stage (27) than J&Okay (24).
Revealed on Feb 25, 2026