Rest of India Won Irani Cup: Rest of India won the Irani Cup title for the 31st time by defeating Jammu and Kashmir by 167 runs in the final match played in Srinagar.
Rest of India Won Irani Cup: Rest of India has won the Irani Cup title for the 31st time by defeating Jammu and Kashmir by 167 runs in the final match played in Srinagar. In the final, Rest of India, batting first, set a target of 279 runs for Jammu and Kashmir. In reply, the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy champion team was all out for 111 runs. Mukesh Kumar played an important role in this victory of Rest of India. He wreaked havoc in bowling and completely destroyed the opposition team.
Mukesh Kumar wreaked havoc
The hero of this title victory of Rest of India was fast bowler Mukesh Kumar, who took 6 wickets while bowling lethally in the second innings of the match. Let us tell you, Mukesh took a total of 8 wickets in this match. Due to his strong performance, Rest of India won the Irani Cup trophy for the 31st time. By performing brilliantly in the final of the Irani Cup, Mukesh has staked his claim to return to Team India. During the first innings of Jammu and Kashmir, Mukesh took 2 wickets for 84 runs in 17 overs. After this, in the second innings he took 6 wickets for just 33 runs in 10.4 overs. In this spell, Mukesh took 3 wickets in 4 balls.
The condition of the match was like this
Talking about the match, Rest of India scored 237 runs in the first innings. In reply, Jammu and Kashmir took the lead by scoring 278 runs on the basis of Paras Dogra’s innings of 75 runs. After this, in the second innings, Rest of India scored 319 runs on the basis of Smaran Ravichandran’s stormy innings of 135 runs and set a target of 279 runs for Jammu and Kashmir. In reply, Jammu and Kashmir team was bundled out for 111 runs and Rest of India won the match and took the title.
Mukesh Kumar out of Team India for a long time
32 year old Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar has been out of Team India for a long time. He played his last international match for India in the year 2024. Since then he has been waiting for his comeback in Team India. Let us tell you, Mukesh made his international debut for India in all three formats against West Indies in 2023. He has played a total of 3 Tests, 6 ODIs and 17 T20 International matches for India so far.