Vaibhav Rawal struck a fine century, while skipper Himmat Singh returned to his class with a fifty as Delhi took a vital first-innings lead over Mumbai in a Group B Ranji Trophy match here on Wednesday.
After bowling out Mumbai for 293 in their first innings on Tuesday, Delhi rode on Rawal and Singh’s fine knocks to reach 316 for 7, a lead of 23 runs on the second day of the four-day match.
But the start was far from rosy for Delhi as they lost both their openers — Vaibhav Sharma and Dhruv Shorey — early.
Hrithik Shokeen made a stroke-filled 45 off 60 balls.
But IPL specialist Nitish Rana and Shokeen fell in quick succession as Delhi slumped to 88 for 4.
Then Rawal and skipper Singh joined hands and carried Delhi forward with a 195-fifth-wicket stand.
But just when Singh was looking dangerous, he was stumped by Prasad Pawar off the bowling of Shams Mulani in the 80th over.
Rawal, who made 114 off 195 balls with the help of 16 boundaries, followed suit soon, bowled by Mulani.
Delhi lost another wicket in the form of wicket-keeper Anuj Rawat (14).
At stumps on the second day, Pranshu Vijayran (4 not out) and Divij Mehra (8 not out) were at the crease.
Brief Scores: At Delhi: Mumbai 293 vs Delhi 316 for 7 in 90 overs (Vaibhav Rawal 114, Himmat Singh 85; Mohit Avasthi 2/42).
At Rajkot: Andhra 415 all out in 141.3 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 109, Ricky Bhui 80; Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 3/137) vs Saurashtra 122 for 3 in 31 overs (Sheldon Jackson 63 not out; Nitish Kumar Reddy 2/26).
At Chennai: Tamil Nadu 540 all out in 132.3 overs (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 153, Narayan Jagadeesan 125, Vijay Shankar 112; Riyan Parag 4/101) vs Assam 120 for 4 in 45 overs (Riyan Parag 48; Ajith Ram 2/41).
At Pune: Maharashtra 385 all out in 96.2 overs (Naushad Shaikh 152, Kedar Jadhav 71; Kartikeya Kak 7/91) vs Hyderabad 176 for 5 in 75 overs (Rohit Rayudu 68, Rahul Radesh 55; Pradeep Dadhe 2/36).
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