Ranji Trophy Final: Shubham Pundir of Jammu and Kashmir scored a century with a six, created history in the final against Karnataka

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Shubham Pundir: The courage with which Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra won the toss and decided to bat first against Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy final. His team’s play with the same courage can also be seen on the field. Jammu and Kashmir’s openers may not have been able to score big on the score board. But the batting that was seen after that tells the whole story of the ability of the Jammu and Kashmir team, which is playing the final of the tournament for the first time. 27 year old Shubham Pundir’s century has the biggest role in this. The biggest thing about his century was that he wrote its script with sixes.

Completed his century by hitting a six

Left-handed batsman Shubham Pundir was playing after scoring 94 runs on 185 balls. At such a time, every batsman wants to comfortably reach a century by taking a single-double. But Shubham Pundir did not do this. He completed his century by hitting a tremendous six on the 186th ball and created history. History because he has become the first batsman from Jammu and Kashmir to score a century in the Ranji Trophy final.

Special thing about Shubham Pundir’s century

Shubham Pundir completed his century with 10 fours and 2 sixes in 186 balls in the Ranji final against Karnataka. This is his first century in Ranji Trophy knock out. This is the fourth century of his first class career. The big thing is that before this, Shubham Pundir’s bat had remained silent in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of Ranji Trophy. He could score only 40 runs in 4 innings of those 2 matches. But. Shubham Pundir proved his mettle by scoring a century on a big stage like the final. This is his second century in the current season of Ranji Trophy.

Strong start for Jammu and Kashmir with Pundir’s century

Thanks to Shubham Pundir’s century, Jammu and Kashmir have made a strong start in the final against Karnataka. By the end of the first day’s play, he had scored 284 runs for 2 wickets. Shubham Pundir remained unbeaten after scoring 117 runs on the first day. Apart from him, Abdul Samad, the most successful batsman of Jammu and Kashmir in the tournament, is unbeaten on 52 runs. In such a situation, a tremendous performance will be expected from Jammu and Kashmir in the second day’s play also.

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