In the Ranji Trophy final being played between Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, not only is there a tough competition between the ball and the bat, but there is also a lot of heat being seen between the players. Jammu and Kashmir, playing the Ranji Trophy final for the first time, made a strong start in this match and laid the foundation of a big score on the very first day. But the next day, when the team was progressing its innings, its captain Paras Dogra got involved in a fight and surprised everyone by head-butting Karnataka’s fielder.
On Wednesday 25 February, the second day of this final is being played in Hubli, Karnataka. Jammu Kashmir Started its first innings with a score of 282 runs. However, the team lost 2 wickets in the first session, after which team captain Paras Dogra came to the crease. Dogra, who recently completed 10,000 runs in Ranji Trophy, retired hurt on the very first day of the match due to a hand injury. But the next day he recovered and continued his innings.
Dogra hit him with his head
Then came the 101st over of the innings, in which the temperature rose. One ball of this over by Prasidh Krishna took the edge of Dogra’s bat and went for 4 runs. While everyone’s attention was on the ball, Paras Dogra, fuming with anger, moved straight towards Karnataka’s substitute fielder KV Avneesh, who was deployed at the silly point. There was a slight altercation between the two and the tall Dogra directly hit his head on Avneesh’s head. Both the players were wearing helmets during this time.
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This action of Dogra surprised the Karnataka fielder and he started looking towards his captain. Meanwhile, Karnataka’s senior player Mayank Agarwal also reached there in anger and stood in front of Dogra to save his teammate. He angrily started questioning Dogra about his actions. At the same time the umpire also reached there and both of them tried to cool the atmosphere.
Why did the Dogras get so angry?
Now the exact reason why Dogra got angry has not been revealed yet but it is believed that Avneesh was continuously sledging, due to which Dogra was facing problems while batting. However, after some time the situation became normal and after the over, Dogra was seen raising his hand and apologizing to the Karnataka fielder for his action. But from here other players of Karnataka also started sledding.