Andhra Pradesh collapsed to their second lowest total when they were skittled out for a mere 30 runs in 18 overs by Punjab on the opening day of the 'Elite' Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match in Mohali on Wednesday.

Speedsters Gagandeep Singh and Vaneet Sharma picked five wickets each to wreak havoc on the visitors after they were put into bat by Punjab skipper Dinesh Mongia.

In reply, Punjab were comfortably placed at 141 for three at close of play.

Pankaj Dharmani was batting on 36 while Ravneet Ricky was dismissed just before close of play for 20.

Earlier, Andhra collapsed like a deck of cards in just 17.4 overs. Y Ganeswar Rao was the only batsman to reach double figures, scoring 11 runs.

Andhra's lowest ever total is 29, against Tamil Nadu in 1978, at Coimbatore.

Captain M S K Prasad was among the seven batsmen who failed to open their account, crumbling before Gagandeep's inspired spell.

Sharma then polished off the tail, giving away just three runs in the 4.4 overs he bowled.

Leading Pnjab batsmen Mongia and Yuvraj Singh scored 38 runs each in the team's reply before being dismissed in quick succession.

Scoreboard

Andhra Pradesh (1st innings):
Amit Pathak c Dharmani b Gagandeep 5
MSK Prasad lbw Gagandeep 0
Hemal Vatekar c Madan v Gagandeep 9
Y Venugopala Rao b Gagandeep 0
Y Ganeshwar Rao not out 11
I Srinivas c Dharmani b Gagandeep 0
RV Ch Prasad b Vaneet Sharma 0
A S K Verma c Dharmani b Vaneet Sharma 0
G Shankar Rao b Vaneet Sharma 0
G Shankar Rao b Vaneet Sharma 0
Shabuddin lbw Vaneet Sharma 1
Kalyan Krishna b Vaneet Sharma 0

Extras: (lb-4) 4

Total: (all out in 17.4 overs) 30

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-12, 3-18, 4-19, 5-23, 6-24, 7-24, 8-24, 9-30.

Bowling: Gagandeep Singh 9-5-11-5, Amit Uniyal 4-1-12-0, V Sharma 4.4-3-3-5.

Punjab (1st innings):
Yuvraj Singh c R Prasad b Krishna 38
Ravneet Ricky c Pathak b Prasad 20
Dinesh Mongia c MSK Prasad b Shabuddin 38
Pankaj Dharmani batting 36

Extras: (lb6, w3) 9

Total: (for 3 wkts in 33.3overs) 141

Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-68.

Bowling: Shabuddin 11.3-5-25-1, K Krishna 9-0-57-1, A S K Verma 5-0-25-0, R V Prasad 6-2-22-1, Shankar Rao 2-1-6-0.