A good batting performance from the top order batsman and a well-made 113 by former skipper Amol Muzumdar helped Mumbai to took a huge 234 run lead over Punjab on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group ‘A’ match.  

Replying to 202 runs scored by Punjab in their first innings, Mumbai declared their first innings at 436 for nine.

Mazumdar scored his 24th first class century in his 142nd match. At the end of the play, Punjab made 18 for no loss.

Punjab started the day well after the hosts had commenced at their overnight score of 90 for one when they sent back in-form batsman and the tournament’s leading scorer Ajinkya Rahane for 80 in the seventh over of the morning.

Rahane, not out 53 off 60 balls last evening, fell leg before to Gagandeep Singh. After overnight unbeaten batsman Vinayak Samant (65) fell, Rohit Sharma cracked a quickfire 85 with 14 fours and a six in only 102 balls.

Rohit Sharma joined his senior partner Muzumdar and played the stellar role in their stand of 132 runs in only 119 minutes to take Mumbai past the 300 mark. Sharma, finally was struck by pacer Gagandeep Singh at mid off.

The 34-year-old Muzumdar, who batted for 277 minutes and struck 12 fours, later put on 93 runs in just 96 balls with Abhishek Nayar, whose quickfire 61 in 50 balls included eight fours and a six.

Ladda, who came into the match with a haul of nine wickets against Hyderabad in Punjab's previous tie, emerged the most successful bowler with 3 for 93 while Gagandeep and Kakkar grabbed two wickets each.

Amanpreet Singh and left arm spinner Varun Khanna took one wicket each.