How did India Test stars perform in Irani Cup 2026?

Rishabh Pant-led Rest of India won the Irani Cup 2026.

The Rest of India (RoI) have defeated Ranji Trophy champions Jammu & Kashmir to win the Irani Trophy 2026 by 167 runs in Srinagar. Paras Dogra won the toss for J&K and decided to field first. In the first innings, they restricted the Rest of India to 237 and eventually took a 41-run lead, courtesy of half-centuries from Paras Dogra, Abdul Samad, and Lone Nasir.

ROI later gave Jammu and Kashmir a target of 279 after their second innings, thanks to the only centurion of the match, Ravichandran Smaran. The 23-year-old scored 135 runs off 153 deliveries in the second innings. The Ranji Trophy champions failed to match the target and were eventually all out for a mere 111, losing the match by a resounding margin of 167 runs.

A few Indian team stars were also participating in the Irani Cup. Thus, let’s take a look at how they performed in the game.

India Test stars performance in Irani Cup 2026?

Sarfaraz Khan: 45 runs

Sarfaraz Khan’s 45-run knock helped ROI get stable in the first innings after they lost two early wickets. However, he got out for a duck in the second innings. His wicket was taken by Umar Nazir on both occasions.

Rishabh Pant: 18 runs

The ROI caption and the player with the most international experience, Rishabh Pant, failed to leave an impact on the game. The 29-year-old scored 10 runs in the first innings and 8 in the second. However, he took three chances in the first innings, playing as the wicketkeeper.

Manav Suthar: 18 runs & 0 wickets

Much like the Rest of India’s captain, Manav Suthar, also failed to have big runs. He scored two runs in the first innings before playing a 16-run innings in the second. He bowled 10 overs, out of which two were maiden, but did not take a wicket.

Akash Deep: 6 wickets

Interestingly, Akash Deep scored more runs than Rishabh Pant and Manav Suthar (22 & 3) and also took six crucial wickets. The medium-fast bowler dismissed Lone Nasir in the first innings, who was playing a fiery innings, and then took the wickets of the J&K opening batters, Qamran Iqbal and Shubham Khajuria, in the second. His figures for both innings were 3/43 & 3/25.

Mukesh Kumar: 8 wickets

However, the best bowler tag for the Irani Cup would go to Mukesh Kumar. He did not have the best of his time in the first innings, taking 2 wickets and conceding 84 runs, but later played the role of a destroyer against Jammu and Kashmir. In the second innings, Mukesh Kumar took six wickets while conceding only 33 runs.

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