Mumbai scraped through to a two-run win over Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A tie in Jhalawar on Wednesday.
The home team, resuming from their overnight total of 48 for one, appeared to be heading for an outright win when they were comfortably placed at 244 for two, largely due to a solid 159-run stand between V Saxena (122) and N Doru (82).
Even after Saxena departed at that score, his wicket taken by young spinner Iqbal Abdullah, R Bist (64) combined well for a 62-run fourth wicket stand with Doru.
But Rajasthan couldn't build on the foundation and succumbed, losing their last six wickets for just 43 runs as the visitors manged to sneak through.
Five needless run outs, including that of Doru and Bist, also was the bane of Rajasthan's chase.
Scorecard:
Mumbai (1st innings): 295
Rajasthan (1st innings): 179
Mumbai (2nd innings): 267/4 decl
Rajasthan (2nd innings, overnight 48/1):
M Sharma lbw b Malvi 6
V Saxena c Muzumdar b Abdulla 122
R Bishnoi c Rahane b Nayar 44
N Doru run out (Samant) 82
R Bist run out (Powar) 64
R Jhalani run out (Rahane) 14
G Khoda run out (Muzumdar) 18
P Singh not out 10
A Khan b Hussain 0
S Singh (2) run out (Kukreja) 1
M Aslam b Hussain 0
Extras: (b 1, lb 9, w 4, nb 1, pen 5) 20
Total: (all out in 106 overs) 381
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-85, 3-244, 4-306, 5-338, 6-366, 7-375, 8-380, 9-381, 10-381
Bowling: U Malvi 20-6-61-1, M Hussain 15-1-58-2, A Nayar 16-4-60-1, R Powar 26-4-99-0, I Abdulla 25-3-80-1, A Muzumdar 2-0-4-0, R Sharma 2-0-4-0
