Dogra was involved in a heated exchange with substitute fielder Aneesh and head-butted him on the helmet shortly after hitting a four off Prasidh Krishna.

Dogra, who eventually fell for 70, was squared up by Prasidh with the ball flying past the slip cordon, which led to words being exchanged on the field before Dogra went to Aneesh and hit his helmet with his own.

“It was just in a little heat of the moment, not a big thing,” Dogra said after the day’s play. “Yeah, it is all settled now. […] It was momentary. We started talking and chatting after that so it’s all well.”

Asked to sum up a day in which J&K seized control by reaching a massive 527 for 6, Dogra said: “Very good, to be honest. We are in a good position. That’s what matters for me. All that keeps happening and especially when you are playing a final or something [like that], a bit of it happens.”

Dogra said J&K would look to bat for as long as possible to force a result on the basis of first-innings lead.

“No, we haven’t set a target, to be honest,” he said. “We can get the result from the first-innings lead as well so we will try to bat as long as we can.

“Mostly everyone is satisfied but still we can go [bat] long. Everyone knows Karnataka is a good batting side. We would try to put as many runs as we can.”

Dogra had retired hurt in the first session of the day and returned to bat with the score on 307 for 4 when Abdul Samad fell for 61. Dogra then put on 110 runs for the sixth wicket with Kanhaiya Wadhawan (70), and said the discussion between them was to “dig in”.

“[We spoke about] having a good partnership. Let’s dig in because this time won’t come again. Try to give your best and take the team in a good position,” he said.

Dogra said he did a one-hour drill against short-pitched bowling before play began.

“We have worked hard. We have batted really well and that’s why we have put a good score on the board,” he said. “I had a talk with Ajay Sharma sir [head coach] and Dishant Yagnik, our fielding coach. In the morning [when] I came, I did a one-hour drill for it [short-pitched bowling].”