Watch: KL Rahul rolls arms with ball during Ranji Trophy 2025/26 KAR vs J&K Final

The wicket-keeper batter of the Indian side, KL Rahul, turned up for the Karnataka side during the final of the Ranji Trophy 2025/26 against Jammu and Kashmir at the KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground. The expectation from the management was to see the batter piling up several runs at the opening position, but things certainly didn’t go their way. 

KL Rahul turned up with the ball on the fifth day of the clash when Karnataka was massively away from the game. But there was a different buzz and crowd noise in the ground when Rahul stood at his mark with the ball. The first ball was a massive full toss that the batter timed into the leg side for a single.

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The last time the Karnataka batter bowled in first-class cricket was back in 2015, since which he hasn’t rolled his arms. But this game in Hubli gave a chance for the part-time bowlers to contribute a few overs with the ball. He bowled two overs and gave away 15 runs in two overs for an economy rate of 7.50.

KL Rahul bowls during Ranji Trophy 2025/26 KAR vs J&K Final

Jammu and Kashmir posted a massive score of 584 runs in the first innings and batted for more than seven sessions, where their number three batter, Shubham Pundir, smashed a fine knock of 121 runs with the help of 12 boundaries and two sixes. Meanwhile, six of their other batters celebrated their respective fifties.

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In reply, Karnataka got bundled out for 293 runs as their opener, Mayank Agarwal, collected 160 runs, thanks to 21 boundaries at a strike rate of 60, while the other batters struggled massively. Auqib Nabi ended up with five wickets for 54 runs in 23 overs at an economy rate of 2.30.

Jammu and Kashmir made their way to 342/4 in the third innings as Qamran Iqbal made an unbeaten knock of 160 runs while Sahil Lota got an undefeated 101 runs for them to collect the victory on the first-innings lead.

Brief Scores: J&K 584 (Shubham Pundir 121, Yawer Hassan 88, Prasidh Krishna 5/98) & 342/4 (Qamran Iqbal 160*, Sahil Lotra 101*, Prasidh Krishna 2/42) win by first-innings lead vs Karnataka 293 (Mayank Agarwal 160, Auqib Nabi 5/54)