It was an aimless pursuit on the fourth and final day as the Ranji Trophy Elite 'A' cricket league match between Delhi and Railways ended in a draw in Delhi on Sunday.
Having snatched a 15-run first innings lead on Saturday, Delhi batted out time to reach 395 for four, with Rajat Bhatia scoring an unbeaten 157.
Bhatia, who faced 303 balls and hit 12 fours and two sixes during his innings, featured in two century partnerships -- with opener Shikhar Dhawan (87) and wicketkeeper-batsman Varun Kumar (54).
Delhi earned two points from the match to push their tally to six from three matches while Railways have two so far.
That will keep Delhi in good stead as they next face Madhya Pradesh, who took the first innings lead over defending champions Mumbai in the second round last week.
Resuming at 101 for one, Delhi showed no urgency for runs, but Railways somehow lacked the spirit that was seen in their bowling on the first day.
Both Harvinder Singh and J P Yadav, the new ball bowlers who had done the damage in the first innings went wicketless.
Left arm spinner Shankara Rao toiled hard, but the lone wicket of Dhawan cost him 116 runs from 48 overs.
Scorecard
Delhi (1st innings): 216
Railways (1st innings): 201
Delhi (2nd innings):
A Chopra lbw Parida 31
S Dhawan b Rao 87
R Bhatia not out 157
V Kumar c Goud b TP Singh 54
A Bali c Wankhede b Goud 28
A Bhandari not out 26
Extras: (b-3, lb-5, w-1, nb-3) 12
Total: (for 4 wkts, 143 overs) 395
Fall of wickets: 1-73, 2-173, 3-278, 4-343.
Bowling: Harvinder Singh 14-2-36-0, J P Yadav 18-7-36-0, G Shankara Rao 48-13-116-1, Sanjay Bangar 16-4-48-0, Kulamani Parida 15-5-24-1, Tejinder Pal Singh 9-0-40-1, Yere Goud 6-0-28-1, Siddharth Verma 11-1-35-0, Amit Pagnis 6-0-24-0.
