Skipper Mithun Manhas became the third century-maker for Delhi as the visitors amassed 538 against Karnataka on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group A encounter at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Manhas (124) struck 20 fours and one six in his 188-ball knock. Earlier, Virat Kohli went on to make a 311-ball 169 that included 25 fours and one six. M Tehlan chipped in with 41.
The other century maker was Shikhar Dhawan (148), who was dismissed on Monday.
Delhi were all out for 538 in 154.5 overs.
R Vinay Kumar was pick of the bowlers for the hosts, bagging five wickets, while Sunil Joshi took three.
At close, Karnataka were yet to open their account and faced just one ball before bad light forced an early end to the proceedings.
Scorecard
Delhi first innings (overnight 337-2)
S Dhawan c Uthappa b Joshi 148
A Chopra lbw b Dhananjaya 6
V Kohli c Naidu B Vinay Kumar 169
M Manhas b Vinay Kumar 124
R Bhatia b Vinay Kumar 8
M Tehlan c Naidu b Vinay Kumar 41
P Bisht c Raghu b Joshi 1
Narender Singh run out 9
C Nanda lbw b Joshi 0
P J Sangwan not out 22
P Awana lbw b Vinay Kumar 1
Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 4) 9
Total (all out; 154.5 overs) 538
Fall: 1-22, 2-288, 3-363, 4-401, 5-497, 6-504, 7-504, 8-504, 9-533.
Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 40.5-10-121-5; S Dhananjaya 24-5-121-1; S B Joshi 42-10-124-3; K P Appanna 29-5-93-0; C Raghu 7-1-31-0; Amit Verma 11-0-31-0; R V Uthappa 1-0-12-0.