A fine ton from skipper Manan Vohra rescued the boys from 34/4 to a strong foundation of 282/6 against Assam on the first day of the Ranji Trophy match being played at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16 on Friday. Earlier UT boys failed to cash on home conditions when they opted to bat first.

Top order - Shivam Bhambari (5), Arsalan Khan (0), Kunal Mahajan (0) and Karan Kaila (9) failed to deliver with 34/4 on the board. Later, Manan Vohra and Ankit Kaushik paired for 179-run partnership and steered the innings to 213. Kaushik departed after scoring 76 which included ten boundaries. Thirty runs later, the valiant inning of Manan Vohra came to an end who scored 134 off 219 balls which included 18 boundaries and one beyond the fence.

Chandigarh scored 282/6 runs with unbeaten Mayank Sidhu (31) and Gurinder Singh (14) before the stumps were drawn.