Medium pacer Rajat Bhatia and leg spinner Chaitanya Nanda shared eight wickets to help Delhi bundle out Maharashtra for a meagre 219 runs on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A tie here today.

Opener Vishant More (35), Hrishikesh Kanitkar (67), Vishal Bhilare (31) and Kedar Jadhav (33) were the batsmen to show some resistance.

For Delhi, Bhatia scalped 5 for 29; his movement fetching him four of the top five wickets, and Nanda took 3 for 40.

The hosts and pool leaders were dismissed in the last session and in the remaining time Delhi replied with 23 for the loss of opener Shikhar Dhawan’s wicket in 6.2 overs before bad light stopped play at the Reliance Cricket Stadium here.

Aakash Chopra (12) and nightwatchman Nanda (0) were at the crease when stumps were drawn for the day.

Brief scores: Delhi 23/1 (A Chopra 12 batting) trail Maharashtra 219 (H Kanitkar 67, V More 35, K M Jhadav 33; R Bhatia 5/29, C Nanda 3/40)

Other scores

Elite Group

• Bengal vs Orissa

Siliguri: Bengal 107 (V Mohanty 6/28) and 0/0 lead Orissa 99 (Sarkar 5/31) by 8 runs

• Punjab vs Baroda

Amristar: Punjab 214/1 (K Goel 121n.o, R Inder 84n.o) v Baroda

• Hyderabad vs Andhra

Hyderabad: Hyderabad 47/5 trail Andhra 159 (P Ojha 3/43) by 112 runs

• Mumbai vs Rajasthan

Jhalawar: Mumbai 290/9 (A Rahane 90, R Sharma 62, P Singh 5/67) v Rajasthan

• Chennai vs Karnataka

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