Delhi’s batting unit picked up from where they left off in Hyderabad last week, making good use of batting-friendly conditions to notch up 306 for 4 at close of play on the opening day to take control of the Ranji Trophy fixture against Himachal Pradesh at the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds here on Saturday.

Even though none of their batters held on to rack up a triple-digit score, runs were to be found throughout the hosts’ batting order, four of their top five – Arpit Rana, Sanat Sangwan, Yash Dhull and Ayush Doseja – each making half centuries.

Of them, Sangwan top scored with a 170-ball 79, and it would be his innings that seemed the most assured. While the rest of the players stuck to their natural strokeplaying tendencies, looking to go after all the loose balls put in from the beleaguer

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