Chhattisgarh dominated the first day’s proceedings in Guwahati by bowling Haryana out for 178. While Bishal Gosh (146) and S Patel (111*) propelled Tripura to a commanding position, Goa’s S Kamat (177*) and debutant S Amonkar (101) batted the team to a position of strength against Services. In Mumbai, Shubham Khajuria anchored the J & K innings until departing towards the fag end of the day for 90. Jalaj Saxena and Sachin Baby helped Kerala to a respectable score at the end of day’s play with unbeaten half-centuries. Group C, Round 3 – Day 1 Round-up: Hyderabad vs Kerala in Bhubaneshwar: Kerala 223/4 in 90 overs (Jalaj Saxena 58*, Sachin Baby 51*, N Ravi Kiran 1/25, CV Milind 1/38) Electing to bat first, Kerala lost opener VA Jagadeesh for five while Bhavin Thakker was bowled for 38 by Akash Bhandari for 38 leaving the team on 80 for two. M Ravi Kiran disrupted Sanju Samson’s woodwork after he had taken the team past the three-figure mark while captain Rohan was sent back by Mehdi Hassan two runs later. At 109 for four Jalaj Saxena joined forces with Sachin Baby to stabilize the innings and the pair took the team to stumps at 223 for four.

Saxena was batting on 58 with Sachin on 51 when play ended for the day. Haryana vs Chhattisgarh in Guwahati: Haryana 1st inn 178/10 in 54.1 overs (RP Sharma 45, A Mandal 4/26, Pankaj Rao 2/47, A Tamrakar 2/54); Chhattisgarh 1st inn 68/1 in 24 overs (SS Gupta 25*, A Singh 8*, H Patel 1/22) Trail by 110 runs After new ball bowlers Pankaj Rao and Pratik Sinha left Haryana on 19 for two, left-arm spinner, Ajay Mandal caught S Rohilla off his own bowling to push the opposition further on the backfoot. While Rao and A Tamrakar claimed two wickets each, Mandal finished with four for 26 as he wrapped up the Haryana innings for 178. At stumps Haryana were 68 for one with S Gupta and A Singh in the middle. Himachal vs Tripura in Kalyani: Tripura 1st inn 305/2 in 90 overs (B Gosh 146, S Patel 111*, P Jaiswal 1/34) Asked to bat, Bishal Gosh and Udiyan Bose put together 66 runs until Pankaj Jaiswal bowled the latter. However, after that early success Himachal were milked by the opener and Smit Patel. The pair put together 230 runs for the second wicket before the partnership was ended by Mayank Dagar. The opener had scored 146 off 257 balls until he was sent back by the left-arm pacer.

Remaining unbeaten on 111, Patel then carried the innings to stumps with Yashpal Singh (4*). Services vs Goa in Cuttack: Goa 1st inn 333/2 in 90 overs (S Kamat 177*, S Amonkar 101, D Pathania 2/87) After Swapnil Asnodkar was sent back for a duck in the first over, S Amonkar and Sagun Kamat took the attack to Services. Both batsmen added 237 runs for the second wicket until D Pathania struck again later in the day to claim the wicket of Amonkar. The opener scored a century in his debut game to help the team into a strong position on the first day. At the end of day’s play Kamat was batting on 177 with Snehal Kauthankar on 35 as they took the team to 333 for two. Jammu & Kashmir vs Andhra at CCI in Mumbai: J & K 1st inn 205/6 in 90 overs (S Khajuria 90, P Rasool 45, D Siva Kumar 2/32, DP Vijaykumar 2/40, B Bhatt 2/71)

Asked to bat by Hanuma Vihari, Jammu and Kashmir posted 205 for six on the first day of their match in Mumbai. Siva Kumar dealt the first blow by claiming Adil Reshi in the second over for one run. While wickets kept falling at the other end, young Shubham Khajuria anchored the innings. While Amir Aziz was bowled by Bhargav Bhatt, Ian Dev Singh was sent back by Vijay Kumar. Parvez Rasool, who looked in good nick compiling 45 runs in a 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket edged Siva Kumar to the wicketkeeper leaving the team on 150 for four. Mithun Manhas, who then made his way out to the middle contributed seven before Vijaykumar sent him back. In the final session of the day, Khajuria’s gritty innings was ended 10 runs short of century by Bhatt. The spinner dislodged the opener’s stumps to send him back for 90.

Bandeep Singh and Punit Bisht then saw the team through to stumps with an unbroken 19-run stand.