Jharkhand vs Haryana
As many as 16 wickets fell on the opening day of the Haryana vs Jharkhand Group C Ranji Trophy encounter at Rohtak, Haryana on Monday.
At first, Jharkhand medium pacers ran through the fickle Haryana batting line-up, bowling them out for 81 but the hosts fought right back reducing Jharkhand to 120 for 6 at stumps. Jharkhand have a slender lead of 39 with their captain Ishan Kishan batting on 23 in company of Anukul Roy (22 not out).
Choosing to bat after winning the toss, Haryana were 3-51 at one stage but then slumped to 81 all out in just 41.3 overs.
Ajay Yadav (4-24) and Rahul Shukla (3-24) wreaked havoc on the opposition batsmen and they were ably supported by former India speedster Varun Aaron (2-21).
The trio shared nine wickets among themselves, while Haryana skipper Mohit Sharma was run out.
Their opener Shubham Rohilla top scored with 36 and Himanshu Rana chipped in with 25.
Apart from these two, the rest of the batsmen faltered against some superb bowling by Jharkhand pacers.
But Haryana swung back into the game by the draw of stumps as they managed to reduce Jharkhand to 120/6 with right -arm pacer Ashish Hooda (4-32) doing the bulk of the damage.
Brief Scores:
At Rohtak: Haryana 81 all out (Shubham Rohilla 36, Ajay Yadav 4-24, Rahul Shukla 3-24) against Jharkhand 120/6 (Ishan Kishan 23 batting). Jharkhand lead by 39 runs.
Other Group C matches
Odisha vs Uttar Pradesh at Bhubaneshwar:
BRIEF: Odisha 256 all out (Subranshu Senapati 87), Uttar Pradesh 42/1. Uttar Pradesh trail by 214 runs.
Assam vs Tripura at Agartala:
BRIEF: Batting first, Assam 268/4 (Parviz Aziz 88, Rishav Das 70)
Goa vs Jammu and Kashmir at Porvorim
BRIEF: Batting first, Goa 216/2 (Sumiran Amonkar 69 batting)
Services vs Rajasthan at Jaipur
BRIEF: Services 228 all out (Anshul Gupta 54, TM Ul-Haq 4-61) against Rajasthan 45/1. Rajasthan trail by 183 runs.