And that's all she wrote for this Ranji season. The joust for supremacy between the neighbors turned out to be a no contest with Karnataka thumping Tamil Nadu to launch a successful defence. This makes Karnataka the undisputed second-most successful team after Mumbai in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Many thanks for your company and comments. Amol Karhadkar's report will up pretty soon. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu saying cheerio on the behalf of Gopi Rangarajan.

As our feedbacker, Nandeesh, puts it: "Invincible Karnataka"

Vinay collects the Ranji Trophy from Anurag Thakur. The Karnataka players now get together and pose for the photographers. They unleash a collective, primeval roar in delight.

Vinay Kumar, Karnataka captain: It is a big moment for us. I would like to thank all the players, they have worked hard to achieve this milestone. I am very happy with my own performance. Ultimately, winning the Ranji Trophy is important. We won the toss and wanted to play with four seamers. As I said last year, we have a good bunch of players. If we keep performing we will dominate the Indian domestic circuit. Next we will play the Irani Trophy and will try to win that.

Mukund collects the runner-up trophy. This is followed by the Karnataka players collecting their individual trophies.

Karun Nair, Man of the Match: I think the credit should go to the entire team. Rahul also batted really well with me. Our partnership was the game-changer. It was just the hunger and I got settled. It was a good batting surface with a little bit of bounce.

Abhinav Mukund, Tamil Nadu captain: I think we really did well in the first day. We could have batted better, but its history now. KL Rahul and Karun Nair took the game away from us. It has been a great season. After a poor start we have made to the finals. We will go back to the drawing board. We have competed well, I made around 800 runs. I could have carried on, but we ran into a good side.

Good camaraderie between the players as they exchange handshakes. What a performance from Karnataka. A humongous innings win in the final to cap off another dominant season. TN put up a fight with DK and Shankar raising centuries but Karnataka were always winning this one after Karun Nair's record-breaking triple propelled them to a 628-run first-innings lead. Do stick around for the presentation.

Sharath: I got injured last year. This year I got a chance and did very well. Everybody did well.

Aravind: It has been a wonderful season for me. It has been a great comeback for me. Credit goes to the whole bunch. My favorite wicket was Prasanna's . I set him up and made him drive.

Manish: I wanted to have a stump as a memory.

Gopal: I am trying to do a bit of both. I don't have a stump but I have a bail. There is a lot of work to do on my fitness.

J Arunkumar, Karnataka batting coach: We have really worked hard this season. Shreyas is a batsman as well as a bowler.

Mansur Ali Khan, Karnataka bowling coach: We shared the responsibilities. It makes things easier

Bhavane: They never made me feel like a debutant. KL Rahul is my role model. I love the way Karun approaches the game. I love the attitude of Vinay.

Karun : It feels good. Having had a poor season in terms of numbers, I have made up for it. I tried to get as much as I can. I am happy with whatever I got.

Uthappa: The celebrations will be on and we will celebrate more after the Irani trophy.

Rahul: Not everyday does a team win five titles in a row. We will take a break, turn up for Irani and win the sixth in a row. All the boys are willing to put in the effort day in and day out. It is just amazing to see what a team together can do. We don't want to stop here. We want to continue for the next four to five years

Vinay: All credit to the boys. I am not going for forget this game. Someone told me I am the first captain to take five wickets and score a hundred [in a Ranji final]. I am very proud of it.

Mithun: It has been a good season for me, We have been doing well. We wanted to win the trophy.