UP bounces back through Imtiaz Ahmed

Uttar Pradesh fought back to reduce Gujarat to 276 for eight on day one of the Ranji Trophy Group A match at the Palam Ground here today.
Gujarat had made an impressive start with openers Samit Gohel (60) and Priyank Kirit Panchal (60) sharing a 122-run stand.
After the fall of the openers, captain Parthiv Patel took the innings forward with a 60 off 70 balls.
Gujarat had a solid platform at 160 for two before UP bounced back towards the close of play.
Medium pacer Imtiaz Ahmed was UP's stand out bowler. He sent back both Gujarat openers Gohil and Panchal only to return to add two more wickets to his day's tally.

He removed Rush Kalaria and Chintan Gaja off successive balls in the 87th over to give his side momentum going into day two.
Chirag Gandhi (33 batting) and Hardik Patel were in the middle when stumps were called.
Brief scores: 276/8 in 90 overs (Panchal 60, Gohel 60, Patel 60; Ahmed 4/48).