Pacer Umar claimed 5 wickets within the Irani Cup however was additionally responsible of sending down 22 no-balls.
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Jammu & Kashmir appeared to expire of steam in opposition to Remainder of India In direction of the closing phases of the Irani Cup. It mirrored within the 167-run margin of defeat.
It mustn’t overly perturb the reigning Ranji Trophy champion going into its title defence on October 11, on condition that the opposition had as many as six gamers who’ve represented India in its ranks. Quite the opposite, the host didn’t have the providers of star pacer Auqib Nabi who was a part of India’s squad for the ODI sequence in opposition to the West Indies.
With Paras Dogra & Co. going through Madhya Pradesh of their Ranji opener on the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, the 41-year-old harassed that there’s solely a have to fine-tune.
“We fought rather well in opposition to a Remainder of India staff the place there have been six-seven India gamers,” Dogra stated after the loss. “It’s an excellent signal that we’re there.”
Dogra highlighted Umar Nazir’s 22 no-balls throughout the 2 innings as one space requiring work.
“There have been a number of too many no-balls. In opposition to such a giant staff, minor errors can result in a loss. We are going to attempt to minimise these small errors,” the middle-order batter stated.
J&Okay didn’t have the pair of Nabi and Yudhvir Singh accessible, however the different quick bowlers confirmed they might ship.
“We learnt plenty of issues from this sport. Slightly in regards to the batting and slightly in regards to the bowling. We now have the power, so we will additionally change a number of bowlers if wanted,” Dogra added.
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Printed – October 05, 2026 05:40 pm IST
