New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Coming into Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy final, Jammu & Kashmir were already in a good position. They went on to steadily fortify it and move into a position of command, finishing on 527/6 in their first innings at stumps in Hubballi on Wednesday. If Shubham Pundir and Yawer Hassan shone on the first day, captain Paras Dogra's gutsy 70 after returning from the hit to his neck was the highlight on the second day. Karnataka took the second new ball at the start of play and their seamers made it talk. The trio of Vidyadhar Patil, Vijaykumar Vyshak and Prasidh Krishna bowled with precision and found movement. They kept it tight, and eventually both the set batters, Pundir (121) and Abdul Samad (61) played loose shots and fell in quick succession. After Pundir and Samad's 124-run partnership came to an end, Dogra combined with Kanhaiya Wadhwan (70) to steady the ship with a 110-run partnership. They both fell well short of a century but their time in the middle did keep Karnataka on edge. Although J&K added only 243 runs losing four wickets on a truncated day that saw only 69 overs bowled, Sahil Lotra is set on 57 and Auqib Nabi, their pace spearhead who has made vital contributions with the bat, yet to come in. Dogra had retired hurt on nine after being struck by a Prasidh Krishna short ball on Day 1. He returned at the fall of Samad in the 99th over. He was then subjected to consistent short pitched bowling, and sledging by the Karnataka fielders. Tension reached a breaking point when Dogra - 41 and playing in his 153rd first-class match - after having awkwardly fended a delivery that went to the boundary, came into contact with substitute fielder KV Aneesh and headbutted him. Both players were wearing helmet. Following that Dogra and Mayank Agarwal got into a war of words, requiring the intervention of umpires Rohan Pandit and Ulhas Gandhe. After a while, Karnataka skipper Devdutt Padikkal was seen talking to the umpires, complaining about Dogra. The J&K captain has been fined 50% of the match fee for the incident. "All that keeps happening and especially when you are playing a final or something. It was just in a little heat of the moment," Dogra said. Brief scores: J&K 527/6 in 156 overs (Shubham Pundir 121, Yawer Hassan 88, Paras Dogra 70, Kanhaiya Wadhawan 70, Sahil Lotra 54 batting, Prasidh Krishna 3/90) vs Karnataka....