Group D: Harshit celebrates maiden Test call-up with four-wicket haul vs Assam

Harshit Rana celebrated his maiden Test team call-up by rattling Assam with a fiery opening spell but keeper-batter Sumit Ghigaonkar's unbeaten 120 took visitors to a respectable 264 for 6 at stumps on opening day of a group D Ranji Trophy match.

fifth wicket stand between right-hander Ghigaonkar and seasoned Sib Shankar Roy (59) yielded 164 runs before Rana (4/62 in 15 overs) came for his final spell to break stand but Delhi were guilty of extremely slow over-rate with 76 overs being sent during day.

It was largely due to ar inexplicable decision by chief selector-he coach pair of Gursharan Singh and Sarandeep Singh of fielding four pacers but only Rana with his bounce and movement along with debutant Money Grewal (1/42 in 13 overs) stood out. Himanshu Chauhan (0/47) and left-armer Siddhant Sharma (0/36) didn't cause any trouble for two in-form Assam batters.