As Ayush Badoni and Ayush Doseja were in the midst of an effective partnership, as afternoon fell and conditions for batting became perfect at the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds on Monday, Delhi looked like they may have recovered enough to force their opponents into a tricky chase.

After spending two days on the back foot and conceding the first innings lead to Jammu and Kashmir, Badoni and Doseja both brought up quickfire fifties as the home side’s batting was showing the intent to pick up quick runs and create a match out of this. What succeeded was a collapse that seemingly came out of nowhere and left them teetering on the brink of a defeat.

Badoni was sent packing after his 73-ball 72, thanks to a fine running, diving catch from Vivrant Sharma at deep square-leg. Inexplicably, from the

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