mumbai at the halfway stage of their ranji trophy elite group b second round match against hyderabad at the mca ground in bkc mumbai have taken complete control of the proceedings resuming on 457 for 3 they batted on till some time after lunch declaring at 651 for 6 with skipper ajinkya rahane slamming a double hundred 204 261b 26x4 3x6 and sarfaraz khan hitting an unbeaten 126 161b 18x4his 11th first class century it was then the turn of ace leftarm spinner shams mulani to get into the act making the bounce viciously the 25yearold took his 9th fifer 576 in 19 overs in just his 20th fc game to leave hyderabad in tatters at 176 for 6 by stumps on day 2 the only man to have stood up for the beleaguered visitors so far is no 3 bat rohit rayudu who was batting on a courageous 72 137b 9x4out of the test team since almost a year nowhe played the last of 82 tests against south africa at cape town in january rahanes knock was a reminder that hes still around the 34yearold asserted he was beyond the stage where he would want to prove how good he is but he wouldnt give up as he still dreams to play for india againim not here to prove anything to anyone for me its all about i think obviously scoring runs and just believing in my ability on thing is for sure i will never give up for me still the dream is to play for india but at the same time i just want to do well for mumbai and help mumbai win each and every game im just focusing on that he stressedwhile this double was his third firstclass hundred this year hereve been many times when he got starts but couldnt convert it into a big score i work really hard on my batting and dont believe too much in luck im really happy with the way i batted today even in the first game against andhra i spent quality time in the middle he saidits very special double ton the way i batted and timed the ball was how i wanted to bat so im really happy but not satisfied at all i still feel that the season has just begun i just want to take this confidence with me in the coming games and innings with me and just play one innings at a time he beamedthere was a time when rahane along with cheteshwar pujara and virat kohli was the rock of indias middle order before his game crumbled completely and the runs dried up its still a mystery as to what went missing in his batting but the mumbaikar pointed out that it hasnt been easy on indias middleorder in the last few years in test cricket in india as the conditions have been difficult for batsmendefending his case rahane said i dont think that i was making any mistakes when