J&K Paceman Ram Dyal dismissed home opener Shiv Gautam in the very first over but it was long toil for the visitors after that as Kishan (109) and Anand (124) raised a 189-run stand for the second wicket.
Rohit Sharma broke the stand by scalping Kishan but Anand and Saurabh Tiwary added another 78 runs for the third wicket.
Anand was the last man to be dismissed when he was stumped off rival skipper Parvez Rasool.
Brief Scores:
Jharkhand 1st innings: 304 for 3 in 90 overs. (I Kishan 109, A Singh 124; R Sharma 1/40).