Chhattisgarh after opting to bat first had started brightly as the openers had put on 52 for the first wicket. Ayush Pandey (138) and Amandeep Khare (65) also put on 143 for the third wicket, but in what was a pattern across the grounds, wickets fell much more quickly towards the end of the day. They were eventually bowled out for 278.
For J&K, Abid Mushtaq was the pick of the bowlers, who took 4 wickets by conceding 47 runs in 17.4 overs, while Sahil Lotra and Vishal Kumar bagged 3 and 2 wickets respectively and Yudhvir Singh claimed one wicket.
The Jammu and Kashmir team is being accompanied by Ajay Sharma as the Head Coach, P Krishna Kumar as the Bowling Coach, Chirag Pandya as the Physiotherapist and Sunny Verma as the Trainer cum Manager.
BRIEF SCORES; Chhattisgarh 278 (Ayush Pandey 138, Abid Mushtaq 4-47) Jammu and Kashmir 587/9 (Shubham Khajuria 202, Sahil Lotea 107, Paras Dogra 73, Abdul Samad 58, Mayank Yadav 2/87).
Chhattisgarh 2nd innings: 276/2, Prateek Yadav 148*, Anuj Tiwari 85*, Sahil Lotra 1/69, Abid Mushtaq 1/69.
