Karthik's sad stay at the crease ended when he smashed an Pathan delivery to long-on only to find Mahela Jaywardene waiting with eager anticipation.
Rajat Bhatia (1) was accounted for by Yuvraj - caught by Sodhi - in the next over and Ferveez Maharoof (0) followed him back to the pavilion, cleaned up by an Ablish off cutter.
When Mithun Manhas (26) hit Chawla for a boundary in the first ball of the 18th over to raise the team's 100, it also marked the first boundary of the Delhi innings in eight overs.
But if there was any hopes of further onslaught in the last couple of overs it was soon dioused when Theron rattled Manhas' exposed leg stumps.
And when Irfan had Ashish Nehra (1) caught by Chawla it was all over for Delhi with two balls left.
Pathan was the pick of the bowlers for Punjab with figures of 3 for 24 off 19.4 overs.
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