Overview
- J&K chased 179 to win by seven wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, breaking a 65-year run without a Ranji victory over Delhi across 43 meetings.
- Opener Qamran Iqbal finished unbeaten on 133 off 147 balls, striking 20 fours and three sixes to close out the fourth-innings target inside the first session.
- Pacer Auqib Nabi’s 5 for 35 skittled Delhi for 211 in the first innings, and left-arm spinner Vanshaj Sharma’s 6 for 68 triggered a late collapse in the second as the hosts fell from 267 for 5 to 277 all out.
- Captain Paras Dogra’s 106, supported by Abdul Samad’s 85 and Kanhaiya Wadhawan’s 47, lifted J&K to 310 and a decisive first-innings lead on a surface that increasingly aided bowlers.
- The result moves J&K to second in Elite Group D behind Mumbai, while Delhi sit sixth with seven points and remain winless at home under scrutiny for selection and strategy.