While Gujarat walked away with the honours on the first day with a scorecard reading 283 for 3, Dhoni clad in black round neck polo T and light grey track pants sat in the dug-out throught the entire first day's play.
Once the day's play was over, Dhoni was seen chatting with the boys as they were going through their cooldown routines.
Dhoni has been actively involved with Jharkhand's campaign this season as a mentor and has been present during a number of Jharkhand's Ranji Trophy matches including their fixture against Maharashtra at the Karnail Singh Stadium.
With Dhoni around, one can also expect that Gujarat's Priyank Panchal who has been the top-scorer in this edition with 1164 runs so far will get to chat with the Indian captain.
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