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Mumbai takes first-innings lead

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HIGH-FIVES: Tamil Nadu’s L. Balaji and teammates celebrate the fall of Uttar Pradesh’s Prashant Gupta.

Chennai: Mumbai nailed a close race for the lead on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super League clash against holder and host Delhi at the Feroze Shah Kotla ground on Tuesday.

Off-spinner Ramesh Powar and leggie Sairaj Bahutule picked up three wickets each as Delhi, pursuing 331 for the lead, slumped from 225 for four to 295 all out. Mithun Manhas made 98 and Rajat Bhatia 81 but there was little contribution from the rest.

Mumbai, then, progressed to 149 for no loss at stumps. Sahil Kukreja (77 batting) and Wasim Jaffer (71 batting) were together.

The scores:

Super League (Day three): At Delhi: Mumbai 330 & 149 for no loss (S. Kukreja 77 batting, W. Jaffer 71 batting) vs Delhi 295 (M. Manhas 98, R. Bhatia 81).

At Sambalpur: Orissa 281 & 109 for three (S.S. Das 57 batting) vs Rajasthan 270 (G. Khoda 127, R. Bist 43, Dhiraj Singh seven for 83).

At Rajkot: Punjab 482 vs Saurashtra 405 for four (S. Kotak 102, C. Pujara 189).

At Delhi: Railways 224 vs Baroda 460 for eight (C. Williams 137, A. Bilakhia 157, S.A. Gaekwad 47, I.K. Pathan 40).

At Ghaziabad: Uttar Pradesh 150 & 119 (L. Balaji five for 42, C. Ganapathi four for 21) lost to Tamil Nadu 507 (S. Badrinath 123, D. Karthik 213, S. Vidyut 44, P. Gupta four for 123). Tamil Nadu six points, Uttar Pradesh 0.

Plate Division:

At Margao: Goa 190 & 256 (A. Katkar 76, S.B. Jakati 49 batting, S.K. Roy four for 75) vs Jharkhand 147 & 53 for four.

At Palakkad: Kerala 334 & 35 without loss vs Haryana 581 for four decl. (R. Dewan 254 not out, Sunny Singh 124, Sumeet Sharma 114).

At Agartala: Vidarbha 224 & 203 (R.S. Paradkar 50. S.K. Srivatsava 49, J. Debnath four for 54, T.S. Saha four for 65) vs Tripura 150 (M.S. Acharya four for 23).

At Kolkata: Services 107 & 109 (D. Israni 40, A.B. Dinda four for 28) vs Bengal 442 for six. Bengal 6, Services 0.

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