Punjab seamer Siddarth Kaul returned with an impressive six-wicket haul to dismiss Delhi for 107 in their first innings on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Group B match here on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old Kaul wrecked havoc with figures of 12.5-4-32-6 and he was well-supported by V I Choudhary (3/34). Arpit Pannu (1/12) also took a wicket.
Delhi skipper Nitish Rana's decision to bat first backfired with their batting line-up, including former India skipper Gautam Gambhir (1), failing to put up a fight against some quality bowling at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here.
More than half the side failed to reach double-digit figures with K Bidhuri (27) emerging as Delhi's highest scorer.
Punjab then took a first inning lead of 29 runs after reaching 136 for 3 with skipper Mandeep Singh (54 batting) producing an unbeaten fifty and opener Jiwanjot Singh (39) and Anmolpreet Singh (22) also chipping in with useful contributions.
At stumps, veteran batsman Yuvraj Singh (16 batting) was giving Mandeep company at the crease.
Vikas Mishra (2/27) and Simarjeet Singh (1/17) were the wicket-takers for Punjab.
Elsewhere left-arm spinner Aditya Singhania (4/42) claimed four wickets to help Meghalaya bundle out Manipur for 211 in their Plate Group match.
Meghalaya ended day one proceedings with 82/1, trailing Manipur by 129 runs, with opener Raj Biswa remaining unbeaten on 47 at the Jadavpur University Second Campus ground.
In Puducherry, former India pacer Pankaj Singh (7/21) returned with a seven wicket haul to skittled out Mizoram for a paltry 92 before the hosts took a first innings lead with 163/3.
Mizoram's decision to bat backfired as Fabid Ahmed (2/22) dismissed openers Akhil Rajput (13) and Lalhruaizela (4) and Pankaj ran through the middle-order in no time.
Pankaj opened the account with key wicket of Taruwar Kohli (4) on way to his 27th first-class five wicket haul.