Delhi took the opening day's honours in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match being played at the Wankhede Stadium here today.
The hosts won the toss and opted to bat first but couldn't make good use of the conditions. Their first innings folded up for just 166, with P Naik (40) contributing a majority of those runs. Ajit Agarkar chipped in with 32. Pradeep Sangwan and Ishaant Sharma were the most successful bowlers for the visitors claiming three wickets apiece.
Delhi were 159/4 at the close of day's play, needing just eight more runs to take a first innings lead. In form Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on 81 while Aavishkar Salvi chipped in with two wickets for the hosts.
Scorecard
Mumbai (1st innings):
S Kukreja b Sangwan 4
A Rahane b Sharma 8
R Sharma lbw b Sangwan 10
A Muzumdar c Kohli b Bhatia 8
P Naik c Sangwan b Narender Singh 40
A Nayar c Manhas b Sehwag 2
A Agarkar c Nanda b Narender Singh 32
V Samant c Sharma b Sangwan 12
R Powar c Sangwan b Sharma 20
Bhavesh Patel not out 4 0
A Salvi b Sharma 0
Extras: (lb 12, w 7, nb 7) 26
Total: (all out; 44.3 overs) 166 (3.73 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-23, 3-32, 4-64, 5-67, 6-120, 7-133, 8-159, 9-165, 10-166
Bowling:
P Sangwan 12-3-38-3, I Sharma 10.3-1-60-3, R Bhatia 7-2-7-1, V Sehwag 6-0-21-1, C Nanda 4-2-2-0, N Singh 5-2-26-2
Delhi (1st innings):
A Chopra lbw b Salvi 12
G Gambhir not out 81
V Sehwag c Samant b Nayar 16
V Kohli c Samant b Salvi 19
M Manhas run out (Agarkar) 4
R Bhatia not out 18
Extras: (lb 6, nb 3) 9
Total: (4 wickets; 43 overs) 159 (3.69 runs per over)
To bat: P Bisht, I Sharma, C Nanda, PJ Sangwan, Narender Singh
Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-76, 3-127, 4-133
Bowling:
A Agarkar 7-1-36-0, A Salvi 12-2-28-2, A Nayar 15-5-39-1, R Powar 7-0-37-0, Bhavesh Patel 2-0-13-0