mumbai its on a razors edge this elite group b ranji trophy match between mumbai and saurashtra at the mcas ground in bkc at the halfway stage of this intriguing contest its difficult to predict the winner after 26 wickets fell on the first two days 14 on day 2 itself on a minefield of a pitch where the ball is turning square this match could end up with any team on day 3read alsoranji trophy baba indrajith frustrated as tamil nadu let delhi off the hookskipper indrajiths dismissal left tamil nadu in a tricky situation while chasing delhis first innings score of 303 indrajith knew tamil nadu should have done better than finish the second day at 2135starting the day on 36 for 2 mumbai saw their big gunssuryakumar yadav 95 107b 14x4 1x6 and sarfaraz khan 75 121b 7x4 1x6 come to the party but with saurashtras spinners dharmendrasingh jadeja 470 and yuvrajsinh dodiya 443 firing away regularly the hosts folded up for 230saurashtras joy of taking a 59run first innings lead was however shortlived as they collapsed to 77 for 6 in the final session before an unbeaten 43run partnership for the seventh wicket between prerak mankad 25 and jadeja 24 prevented further damage with mumbai fighting back in typical fashion saurashtra closed at 120 for 6 with a lead of 179 and 4 wickets left in their bag somehow mumbai need to ensure that they dont end up chasing too much on thursday on a wicket which is turning vicious by the sessionmumbais hero with the ball was yet again that man shams mulani who took four for 50 in 13 overs the tireless leftarm spinner has by now bowled 421 overs in this match while taking 8 for 159 the 25yearold who made the ball hiss around on a spiteful pitch looks set for another 10 wicket match haul in a clever move mumbai skipper ajinkya rahane chose to give a 9over spell to pacer tushar deshpande despite the wicket being a rank turner the decision paid off handsomely as deshpande scalped saurashtra openers harvik desai for a duck and jay gohil for 15 before mulani got into the act dismissing chirag jani 18 sheldon jackson 11 skipper arpit vasvada 12 and samarth vyas 15earlier resuming at 36 for 2 mumbai suffered a big blow when skipper ajinkya rahane 24 was out lbw while trying to sweep jadeja however yadav and sarfaraz added 92 in 127 balls for the fourth wicket sweeping cutting and punching the saurashtra spinners with ease surya looked set for his 15th firstclass hundred before he was caught brilliantly by a diving jadeja off dodiyawith national selector debashish mohanty in attendance yadav in the mix for tests as well was naturally miffed with himself on missing out on a hundred by just 5 runs obviously there was a bit of disappointment of missing out on the 100 but i wasnt thinking about the milestone while playing in the morning