PUNE: Two late wickets pegged back Maharashtra after they had dismissed Delhi for 191 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' cricket match in Gahunje here on Tuesday.
Hosts Maharashtra lost the well-set Siddhesh Veer (23) and nightwatchman Satyajeet Bachhav (0) in the space of nine balls to reach a precarious 80/5 at stumps. Naushad Shaikh was unbeaten on 44, the team still 111 runs behind. Shaikh and Veer, one of the four debutants in the team and coming in for injured captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, had lifted Maharashtra from a precipitous 14/3 before the latter nicked seamer Mayank Yadav to the wicketkeeper. Bachhav then was run out for a nought.
