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

Chennai: Himachal Pradesh 10/1 trail Tamil Nadu 234 (S Badrinath 111, A Thakur 6/34) by 224 runs

Mysore: Saurashtra 229/8 (V Kumar 5/70) v Karnataka

Plate Group

• Kerala vs Gujarat

Surat: Kerala 58/3 trail Gujarat 154 ( P Patel 50; Cheruvathur 7/30) by 96 runs

• Railways vs Jharkand

Delhi: Railways 12/1 trail Jharkhand 183 (Hashmi 69 n.o.; S Bangar 4/36) by 171 runs

• Haryana vs Madhya Pradesh

Rohtak: Haryana 268/7 (Lavasa 76) v Madhya Pradesh

• Tripura vs Assam

Guwahati: Tripura 285/4 (NS Shetty 164, TK Chanda 36, K Das 2/73) v Assam