A chanceless century by Dheeraj Jadhav (102) and his 135-run partnership for the second wicket with Amit Sinha (79 batting) gave Assam solid start to reach 234 for 3 against Jharkhand on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Plate league Group B match on Tuesday.
Published: Nov 29, 2011, 11:22 PM (IST)
Edited: Nov 29, 2011, 11:22 PM (IST)
After winning the toss, Assam elected bat first on a placid wicket of the Railway Stadium
Dhanbad (Jharkhand): Nov 29, 2011
A chanceless century by Dheeraj Jadhav (102) and his 135-run partnership for the second wicket with Amit Sinha (79 batting) gave Assam solid start to reach 234 for 3 against Jharkhand on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Plate league Group B match on Tuesday.
After winning the toss, Assam captain Gokul Sharma elected bat first on a placid wicket of the Railway Stadium.
Opener Pallav Das (27) did not last long as Jharkhand spinner Shahbaz Nadeem trapped him early but not before adding 58 runs with the Jadhav.
Sinha then joined Jadhav and they kept on scoring in the absence of hosts’ speedster Varun Aaron who is doing national duty. At Lunch Assam were 68 for one.
The batsmen completed their half-centuries before tea when the visitors were 189 for 1.
Jadhav completed his well-deserved century after tea.
However, he did not stay for long after that and was caught by Manish Vardhan off Samar Quadri.
Jadav scored his 102 facing 213 deliveries, hitting nine fours and a six during his 280-minute stay in the middle. It was his third century this season.
Sinha has so far hammered 12 fours in his 79 run which came facing 198 ball.
Qadri struck for a second time having Sibsankar Roy (11), who came after the fall of Jadhav, leg before.
For Jharkhand, Samar Quadri claimed two wickets conceding 74 runs while local lad Nadeem took one for 82.
When stumps were drawn three overs before the stipulated 90 overs due to bad light, Amit Sinha (79) and Tajinder Balbir Singh (6) were at the crease.(PTI)
