Delhi bowlers frittered away the initial advantage as Ishan Kishan's brilliant unbeaten 162 enabled Jharkhand to reach a comfortable 359 for six in a group B encounter of the Ranji Trophy, here on Saturday.
It was a day when Delhi captain Unmukt Chand used as many as nine bowlers with only Vaibhav Rawal and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant not rolling their arms over.
left-handed Kishan played a counterattacking innings as he hit 14 boundaries and six huge sixes in his undefeated 213-ball knock.
The former India U-19 captain came in when Jharkhand were struggling at 80 for 4.
Along with experienced Ishank Jaggi (55), he added 116 runs for the fifth wicket. Jaggi played 89 balls hitting 10 fours in the process.
Once Jaggi was out, Kaushal Singh (39) gave support as he dropped anchor at one end in their 120-run stand in 28 overs for the 6th wicket with Kishan taking charge.
"The bowlers started well but then bowled a lot of loose deliveries. We couldn't use our spinners effectively as they also didn't bowl to the channel. The absence of Navdeep Saini and Sumit Narwal also had a negative impact on the performance," said chief coach KP Bhaskar.
Baroda bowled out for 93
Raipur: Krishnamoorthy Vignesh and Aswin Crist shared nine wickets between them as Tamil Nadu bundled out Baroda for 93 in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match here on Saturday.
Vignesh was the most successful for Tamil Nadu, returning impressive figures of 5/23, while Crist, also a medium pace bowler, picked up 4/39 after Baroda were sent into bat on day one of the match at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium.
By the end of day's play, Tamil Nadu progressed to 79 for 1 in 31 overs, trailing by only 14 runs with nine wickets remaining.
Mukund was batting on 40, while Baba Indrajith was unbeaten on 18, after the departure of opener Kaushik Gandhi for 11. Opener Mukund found the fence six times during his 93-ball knock.
Earlier, only three Baroda batsmen could reach the double digits in a horrendous batting display, with opener Kedar Devdhar's 26 being the top score.
Rajasthan reach 249/5
Patiala: Rajasthan's middle-order put up a solid performance as the team reached 249/5 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group B cricket match against Odisha here on Saturday.
SF Khan top-scored for Rajasthan with an unbeaten 135-ball 65, which laced with eight fours. Giving him company at the draw of stumps was Chetan Bist (20) after Rajasthan were put in to bat by Odisha. Ashok Menaria was the second best with a 41-run effort, which came off 43 deliveries and included seven hits to the fence.