India, Feb. 27 -- Jammu & Kashmir are inching closer to history. They first gave themselves a good chance by scoring 584 in the first innings. Then, they bowled Karnataka out for 293. Now, with the first innings lead secure, they are calmly shutting the door on the opposition.

At Stumps on Day 4, J&K are batting at 186/4 and have buried their opponents with a massive lead of 477.

Earlier in the day, Auqib Nabi registered his seventh five-for of the season, surpassing Uttarakhand's spinner Mayank Mishra to become the leading wicket-taker of the season with 60 wickets.

With the well-set Mayank Agarwal batting at 130 overnight, Karnataka had steadied the ship with wicket-keeper Kruthik Krishna by his side. But after Agarwal's dismissal, K...