Himachal in commanding position against Jharkhand

Chopra, whose 101 was studded with 14 fours, put on a 154-run partnership with Akash Chopra (61) to take Himachal to a commanding position.

Hemant Kumar (2) and Amit Kumar (5) are now batting at the crease.

S S Rao took two wickets while Shahabaz Nadeem and Sunny Gupta took one wicket each for the hosts.

Earlier resuming their overnight first innings score at 176/5, Jharkhand were bundled out for 236.

Tiwari, who was at 65, completed his century with 12 hits to the boundary fours and one six and remained not out at 102.

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