Match Summary: Jharkhand (202 & 89) lost to Kerala (259 & 34/1) by 9 wickets
Points: Kerala 6, Jharkhand 0
The worst possible start to the new season losing the opening game! In a low scoring encounter, Jharkhand were on the back-foot from the start. However, being routed out for 89 in the 2nd innings must have been really soul-crushing. They were done in by the all-round efforts of Jalaj Saxena who took 11 wickets and scored a half-century as well.
Jharkhand certainly missed Shahbaz Nadeem, who is on India A duty.
Highlights
- Playing XI: Babul Kumar, Nazim Siddiqui, Virat Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Kishan, Kaushal Singh, Sunny Gupta, Varun Aaron, Ashish Kumar, Samar Quadri.
- Varun Aaron was leading the side.
- While most of his team-mates had an outing to forget, Sunny Gupta managed a 6-wicket haul in the first innings.
- First Class debut for Nazim Siddiqui, also his first official game at the senior level.
- Kaushal Singh reached the career milestone of a 1000 first-class runs
- Babul Kumar returned to first-class cricket after nearly 4 years. Innings of two and a duck now follow his maiden game of a single and a duck!
Season Stats
- Top Scorer: Ishan Kishan - 59 @24.50
- Top Wicket-taker: Sunny Gupta - 6@16.50
- Player Count: 11
Points Tally - 0 after 1 game. Placed right at the bottom of the table.
Coming Up Next
Rajasthan who are currently in 4th place with a solitary point form their opening game
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