Srinagar, Feb. 18 -- Jammu and Kashmir cricket team on Wednesday achieved a historic milestone by reaching the final of Ranji Trophy after 66 years, enthusing the cricket aficionados on the streets of the Union territory and eliciting praise from the political leaders and cricketing experts.

J&K defeated two times former champions Bengal by six wickets at Kalyan after restricting them to a very low total in their second innings. J&K had to reach a target of 126 in their second innings which they achieved in 35th over on day four after scoring 302 in their first innings. Bengal had scored 328 and 99 in their two innings.

Pace bowler Auqib Nabi achieved match winning figures by taking overall nine wickets, and also scoring 42 runs in firs...