Former India captain urges BCCI to pick Auqib Nabi for England tour after Ranji Trophy heroics

The final match of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 is being played between Jammu & Kashmir and Karnataka in Hubballi. In this match, the Jammu team appears to be in a very strong position. This is credited to their batting and then Auqib Nabi's lethal bowling. Jammu's batters put up a strong performance, scoring 584, and later bowling out Karnataka for 293 runs. In this way, they gained an important lead of 291 runs. The credit for bundling Karnataka out cheaply goes to Jammu's bowlers, with Auqib taking a five-wicket haul with his deadly bowling.

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was impressed by Auqib Nabi's bowling performance in the Ranji Trophy final against Karnataka. Ganguly praised Auqib and urged Team India Secretary Devjit Saikia and Chairman of the Selection Committee Ajit Agarkar to consider Nabi for the national team.

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Dada even said that the England tour in the summer will be the best opportunity for this fast bowler from Jammu and Kashmir to debut. Let us tell you that India has to tour England in July, which includes 5 T20s and 3 ODIs.

Sourav Ganguly praised Jammu and Kashmir and Auqib Nabi

On Friday, February 27, Sourav Ganguly tweeted on the social media platform X, praising the Jammu and Kashmir team for their excellent performance in the Ranji Trophy final, and then talked about Auqib Nabi being selected in Team India soon.

Ganguly wrote: 

“J&K has shown the world what effort and intent can do ..They have made that region so proud of them .. tuff environment makes tuff people. Aqib nabi on his way to national colours .. england is the place to start in the summer @bcci @imAagarkar @lonsaikia."

In the Ranji Trophy final, where Karnataka's bowlers seemed to struggle, Auqib Nabi mesmerized everyone with his bowling. Nabi took 5 wickets for 54 runs in 23 overs, including the wickets of key batters like KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, and R Samaran. It was due to Nabi's lethal bowling that the Jammu team took the lead based on the first innings. Now, if the match ends in a draw, Jammu & Kashmir will be declared the winner of the current Ranji Trophy season.  

Talking about Auqib Nabi, he has become the highest wicket-taker of this Ranji season. He claimed 60 wickets in 17 innings. Earlier, in the previous season, he had taken 44 wickets.