Raipur, Feb. 7 -- The Legend 90 League got off to a thrilling start as home side Chhattisgarh Warriors edged past Delhi Royals in a dramatic five-wicket victory in the final over at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur.

On Thursday, Delhi Royals posted 172/7 in the allotted 15 overs but Chhattisgarh Warriors chased down the target with two balls to spare. Gurkeerat Singh Mann led Chhattisgarh Warriors in Suresh Raina's absence and elected to bowl first. Delhi Royals had a disastrous start as Abhimanyu Mithun cleaned up Sharad Lumba on the very first ball of the match.

Delhi skipper Shikhar Dhawan also fell early to Siddharth Kaul, but the Sri Lankan duo of Danushka Gunathilaka and Angelo Perera turned t...