Jammu & Kashmir bowl out Madhya Pradesh for 196 as Rohit and Sunil lead attack in Ranji Trophy opener
Jammu and Kashmir dismissed Madhya Pradesh for 196 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group A fixture at the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar on Sunday, October 11, 2026, with Rohit claiming five for 36 and Sunil Kumar four for 69; J&K finished the day at 3 for 1 in reply after Avesh Khan trapped Shubham Khajuria lbw off the penultimate ball.
Rohit’s five-wicket haul was his second in First-Class cricket and came on his return to the format after two years, while Auqib Nabi, who struggled for rhythm through much of the day, eventually took a wicket as MP’s lower order folded. J&K elected to bowl after winning the toss and Sunil troubled the openers early, removing Yash Dubey, which set the tone for the innings. The Madhya Pradesh side included three debutants and required contributions from senior batters to stabilise their innings.
The J&K pace duo operated in tandem as Rohit found consistent lines and lengths and Sunil maintained pressure from the other end; Rohit finished with figures of 21.2-8-36-5 and Sunil with 23-3-69-4. MP’s batting struggled to settle, with several wickets falling at regular intervals before Shubham Sharma provided resistance. Shubham scored a patient 79 off 174 balls with eight fours, anchoring the innings with two notable partnerships.
Shubham added 65 for the fourth wicket with debutant Chanchal Rathore and later put on 51 for the seventh wicket with Aryan Pandey; Rathore made 33 and Pandey 35. Sunil had a chance to claim a fifth wicket after creating a sharp return chance from the MP captain that went down, but he compensated by dismissing Pandey in the final session and removing Avesh Khan with the next delivery.
Auqib Nabi, described in the report as having an off day, ultimately accounted for a lower-order wicket as Madhya Pradesh lost its last four wickets for 34 runs. The sequence of dismissals left MP all out for 196 in 74.2 overs, with extras of 15 (b-4, lb-6, nb-5) included in the total.
The match position at stumps showed Jammu and Kashmir at 3 for 1 in their first innings: Qamran Iqbal batting 3, Shubham Khajuria lbw b Avesh Khan 0, Vanshaj Sharma 0; total (for one wkts. in three overs): 3. The full Madhya Pradesh first-innings scorecard read: Harsh Gawli c Samad b Rohit 12, Yash Dubey lbw b Sunil 4, Himanshu Mantri c Samad b Rohit 17, Shubham Sharma c Dogra b Rohit 79, Chanchal Rathore c Wadhawan b Rohit 33, Atharva Mahajan b Rohit 0, Saransh Jain lbw b Sunil 0, Aryan Pandey c Wadhawan b Sunil 35, Avesh Khan c Wadhawan b Sunil 0, Ravi Kiran lbw b Nabi 1, Akshay Sharma (not out) 0; Extras (b-4, lb-6, nb-5): 15; Total (in 74.2 overs): 196. Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-33, 3-41, 4-106, 5-108, 6-111, 7-162, 8-162, 9-179.
J&K’s bowling figures in the MP innings were: Nabi 20-3-42-1, Sunil 23-3-69-4, Rohit 21.2-8-36-5, Lone 6-0-33-0, Vanshaj 4-0-6-0; MP’s opening over in J&K’s reply featured Ravi Kiran, Aryan and Avesh each bowling one over with Avesh taking the wicket of Shubham Khajuria. The contest therefore proceeded into its second day with J&K three for one.
