Jammu & Kashmir beat Bengal to reach historic first-ever Ranji final

Jammu & Kashmir wrapped up their historic victory in the Ranji Trophy semifinal against Bengal on the fourth morning, reaching their first-ever summit clash of the domestic tournament. J&K began the day on 43/2, needing just 83 more to secure the win, built on the efforts of pace duo Auqib Nabi Dar and Sunil Kumar, who took match hauls of nine and seven wickets respectively.

J&K lost overnight batter Shubham Pundir and captain Paras Dogra, but Vanshaj Sharma partnered with Abdul Samad to hasten the chase. Samad finished unbeaten on 30 off 27 balls, with one four and three sixes, while Vanshaj remained 43* to see the chase through.

Brief Scores: Bengal 328 & 99 (Sunil Kumar 4-27, Auqib Nabi Dar 4-36) lost to Jammu and Kashmir 302 & 126/4 (Vanshaj Sharma 43*, Abdul Samad 30*; Akash Deep 3-46) by 6 wickets.

Smaran Ravichandran scored his second century of the fixture as Karnataka continued to dominate Uttarakhand. The fourth day began with Uttarakhand on 149/5 in response to Karnataka's first-innings total of 736. Vijaykumar Vyshak made quick inroads, reducing them to 162/7. No.10 batter Aditya Rawat scored an unbeaten 45 off 38 balls to push his team past 200, but Vidyadhar Patil and Vyshak took three wickets each to bowl them out for 233.

Karnataka's captain Devdutt Padikkal suffered a hand injury and did not bat in the top-order. Kruthik Krishna was promoted to open and responded with a half-century. After Shreyas Gopal and Karun Nair fell cheaply, Smaran partnered with KL Rahul. Towards the end of the day, Jagadeesha Suchith dismissed the centurion and Mayank Mishra removed Patil. Karnataka ended Day 4 on 299/6, with Rahul batting on 70 and a lead of 802 runs.

Brief Scores: Karnataka 736 & 299/6 (Smaran Ravichandran 127, KL Rahul 70*, Kruthik Krishna 52) lead Uttarakhand 233 (Lakshya Raichandani 52*, Vidyadhar Patil 3-40, Vijaykumar Vyshak 3-45) by 802 runs.