Jamshedpur: Though Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrated his selection to the national side with a hurricane 97 Kerala put Jharkhand on the backfoot by claiming four wickets on the second day of Ranji Trophy Plate Group A tie at the Keenan Stadium Sunday.

At stumps, Jharkhand were 159 for four with opener Manish Vardhan holding fort on a composed 37. Jharkhand are still 162 runs behind Kerala?s first innings total of 321.

SUMMARISED SCORES

In Bangalore: AP 237. Karnataka 276/6 (T. Naidu 120).

In Guwahati: TN 485/5 decl. (Hemang Badani 146, N. Badrinath 73). Assam 123/2.

In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 170 & 179/6 (D. Manohar 58, Ibrahim Khaleel batting 46, Rakesh Patel 3/44). Baroda 93 (N.P. Singh 7/58).

In Jamshedpur: Kerala 321. Jharkhand 159/4 (M.S. Dhoni 97)

In New Delhi: Delhi 239/9 decl. (Vijay Dahiya 32, Sarandeep Singh 37; Sanjay Pandey 4/83, Sunil Dholpure 4/63). MP 207/4 (A. Khurasia 61, D. Bundela 67 batting).

In Panaji: Goa 371 (Amit Dani 48). Vidarbha 200/3 (H. Shitoot 72).

In Mohali: Maharashtra 123. Punjab 566/4 (R. Ricky 119, R.S. Sodhi 251 batting).