Test specialist Ajinkya Ranahe and young opener Prithvi Shaw struck gritty fifties as Mumbai ended day one of their Ranji Trophy lung opener against Baroda at 362/8 here on Monday.
Rohilla and Chauhan added 221 runs for the third wicket to resurrect Haryana's first innings after they were reduced to 24 for 2 in the 8th over.
Uthappa, who has endured a slump in form during the past few seasons, scored 102 off 221 balls with seven fours and three sixes, adding 118 runs for the second wicket with opener Ponnam Rahul (97).
Jaffer is followed by Devendra Bundela and Amol Muzumdar, who have 145 appearances and 136 appearances in the Ranji Trophy.
The official Twitter handle of BCCI Domestic posted a 13-second video in which the snake can be seen slithering around in the field even as the players watched on with puzzled faces.
The 2019/20 Ranji Trophy season begins on December 9.
India captain Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant, who were included in the probables, have not been picked up in the squad for the first two games.
The 68-year-old Ghavri, a former left-arm speedster, has played 39 Tests and 19 ODIs, picking up 109 and 15 wickets respectively in the two formats.
Vijay Shankar will lead the Tamil Nadu side, which also features premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and out-of-favour opener Murali Vijay.
The 29-year-old batsman was in a red-hot form during the just concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a T20 competition in which Mumbai were out in the Super League stage.
They are grouped in Group A along with defending champions Vidarbha, apart from the likes of Bengal and Punjab.
Despite an average of nearly 50 in first-class cricket, Saurashtra's wicketkeeper-batsman Sheldon Jackson has never played international cricket.
The Jammu and Kashmir Ranji team has not featured a player from Ladakh till date.
In the major tournaments, it will start with the Vijay Hazare (50-over), then the Syed Mustaq Ali (T20) and finally the Ranji Trophy with the final being played from March 9 to 13.
The BCCI has decided that the knockout matches in the Ranji Trophy tournament from this season on wards will see the usage of "limited" DRS.
Soumendranath Kundu, who was awarded the lifetime achievement award in 2013/14, died at the age of 77.
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the country's premier domestic T20 event, being pushed ahead is the only notable change in the 2019-20 domestic schedule.
During the conclave, the captains and coaches called for the introduction of DRS with the available technology for televised (television and digital broadcast) Ranji Trophy games.
When asked by PTI whether it was the umpire's mistake, the player replied in the negative.
In an exclusive telephonic conversation with indiatvnews.com, Jaffer was asked which cricketer he would pay to watch on a cricket field.
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