Mumbai were in a strong position on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter against Rajasthan in Jhalawar on Tuesday.
Having gained a 116-run lead in the first innings, the visitors declared their second innings at 267/4 setting the hosts an improbable victory target of 384.
Rajasthan were 48/1 in their second innings at close of play.
Scorecard:
Mumbai (1st innings): 295
Rajasthan (1st innings, overnight 175/9):
M Sharma c Samant b Malvi 8
G Khoda lbw b Hussain 0
R Bishnoi b Powar 52
V Saxena lbw b Nayar 6
N Doru not out 52
R Bist c Kukreja b Muzumdar 30
R Jhalani lbw b Powar 7
A Khan b Powar 0
P Singh c & b Abdulla 9
S Singh (2) lbw b Powar 7
M Aslam c Powar b Malvi 1
Extras: (lb 4, nb 3) 7
Total: (all out in 89.5 overs) 179
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-28, 3-44, 4-76, 5-129, 6-137, 7-141, 8-152, 9-171, 10-179
Bowling: U Malvi 17.5-4-48-2, M Hussain 17-1-36-1, A Nayar 9-5-11-1, R Powar 28-7-53-4, I Abdulla 17-9-22-1, A Muzumdar 1-0-5-1
Mumbai (2nd innings):
S Kukreja c Jhalani b P Singh 73
A Rahane c M Sharma b S Singh 39
R Sharma b Bist 34
A Muzumdar not out 68
A Nayar c Aslam b S Singh 12
H Shah not out 25
Extras: (lb 2, w 10, nb 4) 16
Total: (4 wickets decl. in 66 overs) 267
Fall of wickets: 1-119, 2-126, 3-190, 4-213
Bowling: P Singh 13-3-36-1, A Khan 13-0-49-0, R Bishnoi 7-0-27-0, M Aslam 14-1-55-0, S Singh (2) 17-2-85-2, R Bist 2-0-13-1
Rajasthan (2nd innings):
M Sharma lbw b Malvi 6
V Saxena not out 21
R Bishnoi not out 21
Extras: 0
Total: (for 1 wicket in 16 overs) 48
Fall of wicket:1-18
Bowling: U Malvi 5-1-15-1, M Hussain 4-0-14-0, A Nayar 3-1-12-0, R Powar 3-1-6-0, I Abdulla 1-0-1-0
