Mayank Tehlan scored an unbeaten 91 to pull Delhi out of the woods on the opening day of the four-day Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match against Andhra at Vijayawada on Tuesday.

Electing to bat, Delhi lost openers Aakash Chopra (15) and Shikhar Dhawan (16) on 54 but Tehlan and Mithun Manhas stemmed the rot, putting in 67 runs for the third wicket before Manhas was dismissed by Mohd. Faiq.

At stumps, Delhi were 247 for five.

Manhas was out for 42, scored off 96 balls with five hits to the fence, while Tehlan stood his ground. Despite losing partners Kohli (33) and Rajit Bhatia (24), he played a patient innings on his way to an unbeaten 91.

Tehlan's 91 was scored off 196 balls, with 13 hits to the fence.

Aditya Jain, on 21, was at crease along with Tehlan when stumps were drawn for the day.

Kalyan Krishna struck in the latter part of the day, claiming two wickets, while Mohd Faiq dismissed Aakash Chopra and Manhas as the Andhra bowlers dominated the first session.

Scorecard

Delhi (1st innings):
Aakash Chopra c Y Manoj Sai b Md.Faiq 15
Shikhar Dhawan lbw Lakshman Kishore 16
Manyak Tehlan (batting) 91
Mithun Manhas c B Sumant b Md.Faiq 42
Virat Kohli c M S K Prasad b Kalyan Krishna 33
Rajit Bhatia b Kalyan Krishna 24
Aditya Jain (batting) 21
Extras: (lb-2, nb-3) 5
Total: (for 5 wkts in 90 overs) 247

Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-34, 3-101, 4-174, 5-204

Bowling: K S Shahabuddin 9-1-38-0, D Kalyan Krishna 14-4-26-2, P Vijay Kumar 11-2-37-0, Md Faiq 28-3-77-2, Y Lakshman Kishore 20-5-50-1, Y Venugopala Rao 8-0-17-0.