COIMBATORE: Skipper Ishan Kishan led from the front with a commanding unbeaten 125 as Jharkhand reached 307 for six at stumps on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite ‘A’ match against Tamil Nadu in Coimbatore on Wednesday. Ishan struck 14 fours and two sixes en route to his ninth first-class century, shared an unbroken 150-run stand for the seventh wicket with Sahil Raj (64*), whose knock included his maiden first-class fifty. Earlier, Gurjapneet Singh (3/51) and DT Chandrasekar, who made it to the state circuit after ten years, picked two wickets, keeping Tamil Nadu in the contest before Kishan’s counterattack steadied Jharkhand’s innings.

Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami grabbed three wickets in four balls in the fag end of the day to help Bengal bundle out Uttarakhand f

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