In Ranji Trophy, defending champions Karnataka have won their eighth Ranji Trophy title today. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs on the last day of the final match at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Tamil Nadu was bundled out for 134 in the first innings.Karnataka then amassed 762 runs, with middle-order batsman Karun Nair scoring 338 runs. Chasing an imposing 628, Tamil Nadu were shot out for 411 in the final session of the fifth day's play. Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal bagged four wickets for 26 wrecked the Tamil Nadu batting order. Skipper R Vinay Kumar, who became the joint leading wicket taker this season, ended with two wickets, along with Sreenath Aravind. However, the real hero for Karnataka was the 23-year-old Nair,who deservedly got the man-of the-match award for his maiden triple century in first-class cricket.