Cricket fan travels from U.K. to Hubballi for Ranji Trophy final
The Hindu
U.K.-based cricket fan Ian travels to Hubballi for the Ranji Trophy final, sharing the experience with fellow cricket enthusiasts.
For the last two decades, 65-year-old Yorkshire County Cricket club fan Ian has been following Ranji Trophy matches. In the period between October and April every year, he comes down to Goa and then visits stadiums around India to watch Ranji matches.
Karnataka's Prasidh Krishna celebrates after claiming the wicket of Jammu & Kashmir's Yawer Hassan on the first day of the Ranji Trophy final cricket match between Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir, at KSCA Cricket Stadium, in Hubballi, Karnataka, on February 24, 2026.
On February 24, Ian was in the makeshift stand, behind the sight screen on the non-pavilion end, watching the first day of the Ranji Trophy final between Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir at the KSCA Stadium in Raj Nagar, Hubballi.
“I arrived by train from Goa today morning at 4 a.m. I waited in the Hubbali Railway Station till daybreak before coming down to the stadium,” he told The Hindu. He was sitting with spectators in one of the four makeshift stands, meant for those who paid ₹100. He held a pair of binoculars to watch Jammu & Kashmir batsmen face the Karnataka bowlers.
Sitting alongside Ian was software engineer Bharath Gowda from Bengaluru, who too is a keen Ranji match follower. Seated next to him were cricket buffs Rahul Nayak and Venkat Kalyan, second-year MSc (Agriculture) students from Dharwad.
UK citizen Ian and software engineer Bharath Gowda from Bengaluru watching the first day of the Ranji Trophy final between Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir from a makeshift stand at the KSCA stadium in Hubballi on February 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Raghava M.
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