The final match of Ranji Trophy Elite 2025-26 is being played between Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka at KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground. Today, on the second day of this match, a big controversy was seen on the ground. Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra clashed with Karnataka player KV Aneesh, the captain hit him on the head with his helmet. Seeing this, Mayank Agarwal, playing for Karnataka, ran towards him and stood in the middle, he was very angry after seeing this action of Paras.
Why did there fight between cricketers?
This fight took place in the 101st over of Jammu and Kashmir’s innings. In this over of Karnataka bowler Prasidh Krishna, a ball hit the edge of the bat of Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra and went for a four. After this there was an argument between Dogra and the substitute player KV Anish standing at forward short leg.
While arguing, Paras Dogra went to Anish, the fielder was also wearing a helmet. Dogras went to him and hit him on the head with a sword while wearing a helmet. The umpire and other fielders ran towards him. Mayank Agarwal also immediately went and stood among them. He was very angry at Paras and scolded him. After this, KL Rahul also talked to Paras, the umpire also gave him a warning.
It’s a headbutt by the J&K captain. Just not done in a cricket match #RanjiTrophy pic.twitter.com/Z7Jgv4XuiS
— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) February 25, 2026
After this over of famous Krishna, Paras Dogra also apologized to Anish. Karnataka captain Devdutt Padikkal also talked to Dogra about this and explained it to him. Paras Dogra scored 70 runs in the first innings, he was bowled by Shreyas Gopal.
Ranji Trophy final status
In the final which started from 24th February, Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and decided to bat first. Till the time of writing the news, Jammu and Kashmir has scored more than 500 runs after losing 6 wickets. Shubham Pundir scored a century, he scored 121 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 12 fours. Apart from captain Paras Dogra (70), Hasan Khan (88), Abdul Samad (61), and Kanhaiya Wadhawan (57) scored half-centuries. Sahil Lotra has scored a half-century, he is still unbeaten.
Krishna, who is famous for Karnataka, has taken 3 wickets so far. Vidyadhar Patil, Shreyas Gopal and Shikhar Shetty have taken 1-1 wicket.
