Ranji Trophy 2015-16: Parvez Rasool unbeaten ton leads J&K to 274/8 against Himachal on Day One

Ranji Trophy 2015-16: Parvez Rasool unbeaten ton leads J&K to 274/8 against Himachal on Day One

Jammu and Kashmir finished Day One placed precariously at 274 for eight thanks to a resilient hundred by Parvez Rasool. His was the innings that stood out ona day when other batsmen threw starts or failed to get started at all. No other batsman even reached fifty although Adil Reshi and Ian Chauhan got into their forties before throwing away starts. The rest of the batting was no show which makes Rasool’s hundred that much more special. In the bowling department, Rishi Dhawan was the most expensive, but also picked three wickets. UPDATES: Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir, Ranji Trophy 2015-16, Group C match, Day 1 at Dharamsala

J&K’s innings received an early setback with Shubham Khajuria getting dismissed for just eight runs thanks to P Jaswal. Reshi was the next batsman to be dismissed for 45 by Dhawan with J&K at 77. Paras Sharma was dismissed shortly after for 23 runs by Vashisht with J&K at 89. After that dismissal Rasool stitched a good partnership with Chauhan worth 77 runs. Bandeep Singh was then dismissed for 13, while Samad went for a duck.

Ram Dayal was dismissed for 14 by B Sharma and tail-ender Waseem Raza scored 13 runs before NR Gangta got him bowled. The impressive feature of Rasool’s knock was the manner in which he batted with the tail. He encouraged them to take singles and capitalised whenever he could on bad balls by hitting boundaries. He even got to his hundred with a four.

Brief scores

Jammu and Kashmir 274 for eight in 90 overs (Parvez Rasool 101*; Rishi Dhawan 3 for 98) vs Himachal.