Delhi fought back well after a first innings collapse even as their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Himachal Pradesh ended in a draw after an action packed final day in Dharamsala on Tuesday.
Faced with a target of 217 for outright victory, Himachal Pradesh crumbled in the face of some fine bowling by pacer Ishant Sharma (4-44) and ended the day with 83 for five.
Earlier, helped by a double century by Aakash Chopra (215) and a hundred by Gautam Gambhir (103), Delhi declared its second outing at 482 for six wickets, a major improvement after the first innings debacle which saw them bundled out for 75 and forced to follow on.
The hosts had scored 341 in their first innings.
Himachal Pradesh got three points from the match while Delhi bagged one.
Scorecard:
Himachal Pradesh (1st innings): 343
Delhi (1st innings): 75
Delhi (2nd innings):
G Gambhir c Bisla b Thakur 103
V Sehwag c Bisla b Thakur 32
A Chopra c Mannu b S Singh 215
S Dhawan b Thakur 13
M Manhas c Sharma b Malik 24
R Bhatia st Bisla b Bhatia 39
P Bisht not out 17
Extras: (lb 7, w 4, nb 16) 39
Total: 482 for 6 wickets declared
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-283, 3-310, 4-367, 5-442, 6-482
Bowling: A Thakur 17-2-72-3, V Malik 30-8-84-1, V Bhatia 39-4-140-1, B Sharma 3-0- 13-0, S Singh 44.2-4-131-1, P Dogra 10-2-17-0, S Sharma 2-0-6-0
Himachal Pradesh (2nd innings):
M Gupta lbw b Nanda 6
S Sharma lbw b Sharma 0
M Sharma c sub b Sharma 0
A Mannu lbw b Sharma 11
P Dogra lbw b Sharma 0
M Bisla not out 24
B Sharma not out 21
Extras: (b4, nb 17) 21
Total: 83 for 5 wickets
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-9, 3-21, 4-22, 5-34
Bowling: I Sharma 15-3-44-4, P Awana 4-2-8-0, C Nanda 11-5-14-1, A Bhandari 2-0-12-0, V Sehwag 2-1-1-0, A Chopra 1-1-0-0
