Auqib Nabi brought up 60 wickets for the season to become the leading wicket-taker of the current Ranji Trophy campaign, finishing with figures of five for 54 as Karnataka fell well short of Jammu & Kashmir’s first-innings total of 584.

In the process, he became only the third pacer in the tournament’s 92-year history to claim 60 wickets in a single season.

The five-wicket haul was his seventh of the campaign and the 15th of his Ranji career, capping a remarkable run in domestic cricket.

Nabi reached the milestone by dismissing Shikhar Shetty, having earlier trapped Mayank Agarwal in front after the Karnataka opener’s valiant 160 threatened to mount resistance.

Published on Feb 27, 2026