Jaggi's 127 takes Jharkhand to 311/6 against Haryana on day 2

RANCHI: Ishank Jaggi (127) cracked a superb century to power Jharkhand to 311 for 6 in their first innings against Haryana on the second day of a Ranji Trophy group B encounter here on Wednesday.

Jaggi and Ishan Kishan (83) forged a 190-run partnership for the fifth wicket to resurrect Jharkhand's first innings after they were reduced to 60-4 in reply to Haryana's 208 early today.

Seamers Ajit Chahal (2/68) and Ashish Hooda (2/69) took two wickets each after Jharkhand resumed their innings at an overnight 14-0.

At stumps, Shahbaz Nadeem (21) was giving company to Jaggi with Jharkhand leading by 103 runs.

Earlier, opener Nazim Siddiqui (22) doubled his overnight score before he was caught and bowled by Hooda, while newman Virat Singh lasted only five balls before he was trapped infront of wicket by Chahal in the 14th over.

Skipper Sourabh Tiwary too couldn't do much as his 14- ball stay was cut short by Hooda as Jharkhand slipped to 40-3. The other opener SS Rathour survived for sometime and scored two boundaries but he too perished in the 26th over with Rohilla taking his catch off Chahal.

Jaggi and Kishan then dug their heels to script the recovery, playing 42.1 overs before A S Sandhu dismissed the latter as Jharkhand slumped to 250-5.

Kaushal Singh (14) was the last man to be dismissed today with AR Mishra taking the wicket.

Brief Score:
Haryana 1st innings: 208

Jharkhand 1st innings: 311/6 in 91 overs (IR Jaggi 127 not out, Ishan Kishan 83; A Hooda 2/69)

Other Group B matches:
In ThiruvananthapuramKerala 1st innings: 335 allout (Sachin Baby 78; MK Lomror 4/51) vs Rajasthan

Rajasthan 1st innings: 134/6 (DH Yagnik 62; Jalaj Saxena 6/46)

In Surat
Jammu and Kashmir 1st innings: 261

Gujarat 276/4 in 100 overs (MC Juneja 66 not out, PK Panchal 61; M Gupta 2/68).