Winning the toss, Delhi Blues put Malviya in. But the Malviya openers failed to give a good start that was needed and aided by the knocks of Govind Bihani (46), Rakesh Sharma (37) and Abhilash Chopra (44) they managed a decent total of 219 for seven.

Medium-pacer Mihir Diwakar and off-spinner Sumeet Dogra captured two wickets each while V. Arvind, Mark Ingty and Ajay Verma chipped in with a wicket each. Delhi Blues openers, replying to Malviya, went about their task methodically and put on 86 for the first wicket between Ralhan and Bola before the latter was out for 53. But Ralhan went on to complete the century in the company of Jolly and the two remained unseparated adding 137 for the second wicket to make 223 in 39.3 overs. Abhilash Chopra was the lone wicket-taker for Malviya.

Ralhan's knock came off in 110 balls and contained one six and nine fours. Bola also struck seven hits to the boundary in his 53 while Jolly's unbeaten 58 came off in 62 balls and he hit two fours.

Brief scores: Malviya (219 for 7: Govind Bihani 46, Rakesh Sharma 37 and Abhilash Chopra 44, M.Diwakar 2 for 33, S. Dogra 2 for 36) lost to Delhi Blues (223 for 1: R.Ralhan 103 not out, M. Bola 53 and Munish Jolly 58 not out).