Jammu and Kashmir finished their group stage of the Ranji Trophy 2025/26 at the second position with three victories and one defeat off seven encounter at a net run rate of +0.734. Their wins came against Rajasthan, Delhi, and Hyderabad, while their only defeat was against Mumbai in the very first game of the event by 35 runs. 

Heading into the KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground for the final against Karnataka, who posted a massive score of 736 in their semifinal clash against Uttarakhand at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee Stadiu, J&K were down with a few injured players. But that was when their number three batter, Shubham Pundir, played a sensational knock of over 100 runs.

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Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir got the better of Madhya Pradesh in the quarter final at the Holkar Stadium in Indore by innings and 56 runs, while they blew away Bengal in the semifinal at the Bengal Cricket Academy Ground in Kalyani by six wickets, having bundled out the home side for just 99 runs in their second innings.

Shubham Pundir celebrates 100 in KAR vs J&K Ranji Trophy 2025/26 final

Pundir came into the middle during the 11^th over of the innings when the tourists lost their opener, Qamran Iqbal, for six runs, who got an outside edge into the hands of KL Rahul at slips off the bowling of Prasidh Krishna, who later went on to break the second-wicket stand between Pundir and Yawer Hassan.

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Hassan returned to the pavilion for 88 runs in 150 balls at a strike rate of 58.67, thanks to 13 boundaries. It wasn’t a great news that their captain, Paras Dogra, left the field after being stuck on his hand by a vicious bouncer in the third session.

Pundir made his journey from 94 to the three-figure mark with a massive six as the ball crossed the rope. J&K had already crossed the 250-run mark losing two wickets, which provides them a great chance to get at least 500 runs in the first innings and gain the massive first-innings lead.

Brief Scores: J&K 262/2 (Shubham Pundir 111*, Yawer Hassan 88, Prasidh Krishna 2/36) vs Karnataka.