The ploy worked for the Pakistan team but surprisingly, there was no urgency from the batsmen in the middle or from the dressing room to declare even after Kohli and Chopra made their exits — as Delhi batted on for 75 minutes past tea before rain interrupted play.

Scoreboard

Delhi (1st innings): 134

SNGPL (1st innings): 266

Delhi 2nd innings: A Chopra b Adil Raza 182, V Sehwag c Asad Ali b Imran Ali 37, V Kohli b Asad Ali 197, M Manhas b Asad Ali 10, R Bhatia batting 32, M Tehlan batting 24

Extras (B 11, LB 4, W 6, NB 13) 34; Total (for 4 wkts in 124 overs) 516

Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-431, 3-455, 4-457

Bowling: Asad Ali 36-8-98-2, Imran Ali

30-2-121-1, Adil Raza 23-0-112-1, Mohammad Hafeez 5-0-36-0, Imran Khalid

23-2-100-0, Azhar Shafiq 7-1-34-0.