Jammu and Kashmir took advantage of Himachal Pradesh's reckless batting to bowl their rivals out for 145 in 75.1 overs on the first day of their North Zone Ranji league match at Mandi.

Ashwani Gupta and Jagtar Singh led the tourists' assault, claiming four and three wickets, while Surendra Singh and Vijay Sharma picked up two and one wicket respectively.

Earlier in the day, Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat. The hosts took the first blow in the 10th over when Nischal Gaur was caught behind by Vikrant Taggar of Surinder Singh. Barring Rajeev Nayyar, who remained unbeaten on 41, all the Himachal batsmen gifted away their wickets, negating the advantage of winning the toss and batting first on a good wicket.

At the end of the day, Jammu and Kashmir were at 22 for one in 15 overs.

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