Face2News/Chandigarh

The second day of the Ranji Trophy match between Chandigarh and hosts Chhattisgarh at Raipur saw the UT bowlers struggle for breakthroughs as Chhattisgarh built a solid foundation closing the day at 310/4 in response to Chandigarh’s 283 in the first innings.

Resuming thier overnight score of 13/0, Chhattisgarh faced early setbacks when Abhishek Saini struck twice dismissing skipper A G Tiwary (15) and Ashutosh Singh (10), reducing them to 78/2. However, Sanjeet Desai and Ayush Pandey steadied the innings with a crucial 109-run partnership helping the hosts to recover.

Pandey, who played a determined knock, was unfortunate to miss out on a century, falling lbw to Gurinder Singh for 99 with 187/3 on the board. Soon P M Yadav (3) departed to Vishu leaving the side at 200/4.

Thereafter, Sanjeet Desai (123)* and Shashank Chandrakar (56)* built a formidable unbeaten 110-run stand, ensuring Chhattisgarh ended the day in a commanding position.