US EditionRanji Trophy Fairytale: How Jammu and Kashmir Forced Their Way Into Maiden Final Against All Odds
- On Feb 17, 2026 Mohammed Shami took a first-class career-best 8/90 at Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, helping dismiss Jammu and Kashmir for 302, with J&K 43/2 and 83 runs short of the 126 target at stumps.
- Operating in the mid-130 kph range, Mohammed Shami, Bengal pace bowler, bowled a disciplined spell exploiting the fifth-stump channel and took all wickets after J&K resumed at 198/5.
- Auqib Nabi's hitting and bowling rallied J&K with a counterattacking 42 and nine wickets, leading the season with 55 wickets and an IPL price of `�8.4 crore` from Delhi Capitals.
- Selectors' presence at the ground was marked by spectators pleading with national selectors Shiv Sundar Das and Ajay Ratra, whose reaction to Mohammed Shami's career-best 8/90 revived talk of his India return.
- If J&K reach the final, it would mark another improbable milestone and could boost Auqib Nabi’s Test aspirations, while Bengal cricket team’s batting collapse leaves their title hopes precarious.
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Ranji Trophy fairytale: How Jammu and Kashmir forced their way into maiden final against all odds
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Jammu and Kashmir make history in Indian domestic cricket
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