For J&K, Waseem Raza was the most successful bowler with 3/59.
For Tripura, Abhijit Sarkar returned with figures of five for 107 in his 26.4 overs.
Tamil Nadu dropped Murali Vijay and brought in Dinesh Karthik for their Round 2 tie.
While Rao had gathered 75, Bhatt was steady on 34 when play ended for the day.
Haryana chased down Gujarat's competitive total of 146 with three balls to spare.
Kamlesh Thakore and Chintan Gaja were on target for Jharkhand.
Riding on brilliant bowling by Rush Kalaria (five for 32) and Jasprit Bumrah (four for 30), Gujarat bundled out Vidarbha for a paltry 85 and then themselves reached a comfortable 153 for three at stumps on day one of a Ranji Trophy Group A match.
Abhinav Mukund scored 83 while Kedar Jadhav and Smit Patel contributed significantly but their efforts went in vain as India Blue trumped the Red side by runs in their NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2013 match at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Friday.
Two members of the Under-19 World Cup winning team and the Gujarat squad that won the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tourney were today felicitated by the state cricket association in Ahmedabad.