Mumbai pile up misery on Meghalaya, J&K dominate Baroda in Ranji Trophy

Mumbai piled up a massive 585run firstinnings lead and made early inroads against Meghalaya while Jammu and Kashmir grabbed a crucial 205run advantage against Baroda in their Group A Ranji Trophy matches on FridayMumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane missed a century but maiden FirstClass tons from Akash Anand 103 and Shams Mulani 100 not out Siddhesh Lads 145 and fifties from Shardul Thakur 84 and Suryansh Shedge 61 powered the hosts to a massive 671 for seven declared in the first inningsMeghalaya who were shot out for 86 in the first innings slipped to 272 at stumps on the second day trailing by 558 runs as Mumbai took big strides towards a massive win to ensure qualification for the quarterfinalsWith a quarterfinal berth at stake the defending champions opted for a norisk approach by batted through the second day to push for an outright winThe day however began on a disappointing note for the hosts when Rahane fell four runs short of his first century this seasonHe edged one behind to Arpit Subhas off MD Nafees after being troubled on a few occasionsLad brought up his second century of the season finishing with 145 off 250 balls with 17 fours and a six Lad had himself to blame when he hit a innocuous delivery from Anish Charak 2185 straight into the hands of Kishan Lyndoh at short midwicketThe 196run association between Rahane and Lad was followed by an 87run stand between Lad and Anand for the fourth wicket and another 123 runs between Suryansh Shedge and Anand for the fifthThakur then produced a brutal 42ball 84 with five sixes and nine fours while adding 156 runs for the seventh wicket from only 99 balls with MulaniMumbai declared after Mulani scored his ton reaching 100 not out from 86 ballsIn another Group A clash at Vadodara JampK took control against Baroda whom they had displaced from the top of the points table with a win over Mumbai last weekJampK came up with a fine bowling display to dismiss Baroda for 166 and take an 80run firstinnings leadAt stumps JampKs lead had swelled to 205 with opener Shubham Khajuria who had earlier taken 347 reaching 67 not out off 115 ballsIn Cuttack Odisha conceded a 19run firstinnings lead but reached 167 for three at stumps to be ahead by 148 runs against Services with Aashirwad Swain batting on 64In Solapur Siddhesh Veers unbeaten 93 and Yash Kshirsagars 71 took Maharashtra to 2353 against Tripura who were bowled out for 270 in the first inningsBrief scoresAt Mumbai Meghalaya 86 amp 272 vs Mumbai 6717 decl in 1405 overs Siddhesh Lad 145 Ajinkya Rahane 96 Akash Anand 103 Suryansh Shedge 61 Shams Mulani 100 Shardul Thakur 84 Himan Phukan 3144At Vadodara Jammu and Kashmir 246 amp 1251 in 41 overs Shubham Khajuria 67 vs Baroda 166 in 621 overs Shivalik Sharma 64 Sahil Lotra 426 Abid Mushtaq 356 Shubham Khajuria 347At Cuttack Odisha 180 amp 1673 Aashirwad Swain 64 Pulkit Narang 122 vs Services 199 Ravi Chauhan 120 Rajesh Mohanty 568 Tapas Kumar Das 357 Sunil Kumar Roul 257At Solapur Tripura 270 in 1012 overs S Sharath 71 Rajneesh Gurbani 437 Hitesh Walunj 467 vs Maharashtra 2353 in 72 overs Siddhesh Veer 93 Yash Kshirsagar 71With agency inputs