Padikkal, Smaran, Rahul star as Karnataka make 15th final
Their semi-final against Uttarakhand ended in a draw, but Karnataka were through on a first-innings lead
14/02Result
1st semi final, Ranji Trophy at Lucknow, Feb 15-19 2026
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![Karnataka]( "Karnataka")
736 & 323 -
![Uttarakhand]( "Uttarakhand")
233 & 260/6 (62 ov)
Player of the Match
14/02Result
1st semi final, Ranji Trophy at Lucknow, Feb 15-19 2026
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![Karnataka]( "Karnataka")
736 & 323 -
![Uttarakhand]( "Uttarakhand")
233 & 260/6 (62 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
D Padikkal
232(330) 29x4 - 3x6
Control %95%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 50 runs
- 9x4 - 0x6
KL Rahul
141(211) 11x4 - 5x6
Control %91%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 25 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Uttarakhand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Karnataka advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days
15,16,17,18,19 February 2026 (5-day match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
KARNATAKA 736 (194.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- KL Rahul141 (211)
- Devdutt Padikkal232 (330)
- Mayank Mishra3/173 (42)
- Aditya Rawat4/154 (34.4)
UTTARAKHAND 233 (88.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Aditya Rawat*45 (38)
- Lakshya Raichandani55 (174)
- Vijaykumar Vyshak3/45 (17)
- Vidyadhar Patil3/40 (15.5)
KARNATAKA 323 (74.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- KL Rahul*86 (103)
- Ravichandran Smaran127 (149)
- Mayank Mishra4/69 (18)
- Abhay Negi2/63 (19)
UTTARAKHAND 260/6 (62 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Abhay Negi*57 (66)
- Avneesh Sudha66 (71)
- Shreyas Gopal3/83 (19)
- Prasidh Krishna2/17 (6)
Scorer: Harshith Gowda
END OF OVER:62 | 5 Runs | UTK: 260/6
- Saurabh Rawat53 (114b)
- Abhay Negi57 (66b)
- Shreyas Gopal19-1-83-3
- Shikhar Shetty25-1-97-0
61.6
0
Gopal to SA Rawat, no run,
61.5
1
Gopal to Negi, 1 run,
61.4
0
Gopal to Negi, no run,
61.3
0
Gopal to Negi, no run,
61.2
4
Gopal to Negi, FOUR,
61.1
0
Gopal to Negi, no run,
Match Coverage
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Ranji Trophy
| Elite, Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| AP | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| JHK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| VIDAR | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| BRODA | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| UP | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| TN | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| ODSA | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| NAGA | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Elite, Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MP | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| KNTKA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| SAU | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| MAHA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| KER | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| GOA | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| PNJB | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| CHD | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Elite, Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| BENG | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| UTK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| HRYNA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| RLYS | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| SVCS | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| GUJ | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| TPURA | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| ASSAM | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Elite, Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MUM | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| J & K | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| CGR | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| HYD | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| RAJ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| PONDI | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| DELHI | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| HP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Plate Group | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MNPR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| BIHAR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| MEGHA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| SIKM | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| MIZO | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| ARP | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |