As many as 17 wickets fell on the opening day as Punjab finished at 128/7 after bowling out Andhra for a paltry 80 in a Ranji Trophy Group B match, here on Friday.

Andhra’s decision to bat first after winning the toss completely backfired as Punjab picked up wickets at regular intervals to bundle out the visitors under the 100-run mark in 45 overs.

Meanwhile, table-toppers Delhi crawled to 99/1 against Odisha on a day when only 48.2 overs were possible with bad light curtailing play in their Group A game. Scores Group A: Bengal 257/8 (Chandila 65, Shaw 54) vs Haryana. Delhi 99/1 (Shorey 42, Gambhir 35*) vs Odisha. Andhra 80 (Gurkeerat 4/14) vs Punjab 128/7 (Jiwanjot 59, Prashanth 3/36); Karnataka 270/8 (Agarwal 66, Samarth 65, Choudhary 3/72) vs Rajasthan. Vidarbha 227 /4 (Fazal 110*, Shrivastava 63) vs Maharashtra

Group B: Madhya Pradesh 198/7 (Patidar 60, Harpreet 51, Swapnil 2/30) vs Baroda; UP 272/9 (Asnora 56, Dwivedi 50, Kalaria 3/51) vs Gujarat; Tamil Nadu 288/6 (Indrajith 121*) vs Railways.