India, Jan. 13 -- The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 quarter-finals at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru delivered the full knockout mix: big totals, sudden collapses, and the kind of the rain that turns even the calmest coach into a mathematician.

Two matches were settled by the V Jayadevan (VJD) method, but the common thread across all four was the fight of the phases, where momentum became either a platform or a trap.

Mumbai finished on 254/8, held together largely by Shams Mulani's 86 off 91 after the top order failed to convert the starts. Karnataka's bowlers kept the lid on the death overs, led by Vidyadhar Patil (3/42) and Vidwath Kaverappa (2/43), ensuring there was no late surge that could take the total past the 280 mark...