Mohammed Shami takes 4/30 as Bengal bowl out Delhi for 240

Mohammed Shami took four for 30 as Bengal dismissed Delhi for 240 on the opening day of their Group C Ranji Trophy encounter at Kalyani on Sunday. Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar also troubled Delhi through the morning, making the ball come in and leave the batters.

Shami was not alone in setting the tone after Bengal elected to bowl. Sanat Sangwan was the first to fall, Akash Deep getting one to nip back from just wide of off-stump and take the top of leg-stump. Yash Dhull struggled to settle against the movement and edged Shami behind to Abishek Porel.

Delhi reached lunch at 89 for three with Ayush Badoni on 13 and Ayush Doseja on 25. Doseja's innings ended on 45, a substantial contribution undone by a plumb lbw off Shami. Shami's four-wicket haul gave Bengal the standout individual performance on a day when the seam attack kept the innings in check from the first spell to the last.