Ranji Trophy: Jharkhand Crawl To 136 For 3 Vs Delhi On A Curtailed Day 1

Opener Sharandeep Singh scored a dogged unbeaten 64 as Jharkhand batters were painstakingly slow in ir approach reaching 136 for 3 on a wear-curtailed opening day of Ranji Trophy group D fixture against Delhi. Having lost to Chattisgarh in last game, Delhi in ir final home game of season me wholesale changes under new skipper Ayush Boni.

three pacers -- Money Grewal (1/43 in 14 overs), Simarjeet Singh (1/16 in 14 overs) and left-armer Siddhant Sharma (1/32 in 14 overs) -- were primarily used by Boni keeping conditions in mind.

Sharandeep, who hit nine boundaries was rey to de bat most deliveries and leave a lot during his undefeated 183-ball innings. He ded 93 for third wicket with southpaw Utkarsh Singh (46 off 86 balls) before Siddhant dismissed latter towards late afternoon.

match also saw Simarjeet making a comeback to playing eleven after missing out on last three matches and he kept things tight at one end.

Jharkhand started on a cautious note ding 24 in almost an hour's play before young Money h Nazim Siddique edge one to former skipper Himmat Singh in slip cordon.

Simarjeet was rewarded when he breached Aryaman Sen's defence but Sharandeep and Utkarsh showed good defensive technique during day.

Few of boundaries slammed off Simarjeet were streaky and came behind square along with a few crisp on-drives.

spinners got to bowl only 13 overs between m and y didn't look very penetrative on day.

Brief Scores In Delhi: Jharkhand 1st Innings 136/3 in 55 overs (Sharandeep Singh 64 batting, Simarjeet Singh 1/16) vs Delhi.

In Ahmedab: Railways 1st Innings 229 in 80.2 overs (Mohd Saif 60, Ajith Ram 4/44) vs Tamil Nu.

In Chandigarh: Saurashtra 1st Innings 299/2 in 79 overs (Harvik Desai 99, Chirag Jani 153) vs Chandigarh.

In Raipur: Assam 1st Innings 264 for 6 in 87 overs (Denish Das 104, Parvez Musaraf 42) vs Chattisgarh.