VIZIANAGARAM, Nov 29: Skipper Saurabh Tiwary (88) and Ishank Jaggi (80 not out) scored half-centuries each as Jharkhand reached 251 for four against Assam on the opening day of a Group B Ranji Trophy match here.
Put in to bat by Assam, Jharkhand lost their top three batsmen below 100 runs before Tiwary and Jaggi steadied the boat.
Tiwary and Jaggi put on a solid 151-run stand together for the fourth wicket to take Jharkhand past 200-run mark.
But just before the close of play, Tiwary was dismissed for a well-made 88 off 174 deliveries that included seven hits to the fence and a six.
At stumps, Jaggi remained unbeaten and Rahul Shukla, who is yet to open his account, was giving him company.
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Jharkhand 1st innings: Anand Singh c Kunal Saikia b Abu Nechim Ahmed 14, Pratyush Singh c Dhiraj Goswami b Krishna Das 30, Sumit Kumar b Dhiraj Goswami 32, SS Tiwary c Pallav Das b Arup Das 88, IR Jaggi not out 80, R Shukla not out 0. Extras: (b 4, lb 1, nb 2) 7. Total: (4 wickets; 90 overs) 251. Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-69, 3-98, 4-249. Bowling: Arup Das 17-2-66-1, Krishna Das 25, Dhiraj Goswami 16-3-38-1, Abu Nechim Ahmed 11-2-28-1, Pallav Das 2-0-13-0, Amit Verma 8-0-25-0, Amit Sinha 7-0-21-0, Sib Sankar Roy 4-0-9-0. � PTI
