Cuttack:&nbsp;Mumbai bowlers, ably led by pace&nbsp;spearhead Shardul Thakur, rose to the challenge once again to&nbsp;help the Ranji cricket giants trounce Delhi by 204 runs and&nbsp;enter the semi-finals, here today.
Medium-pacer Balwinder Sandhu (3-35) bagged three of the&nbsp;six wickets that fell on the fifth and final day at the DRIEMS&nbsp;Ground to bundle out Delhi for 236 runs.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/feb/Shardul-qf.jpg" alt="Shardul Thakur" />Shardul Thakur finished with&nbsp;overall&nbsp;match-figures of 8-113.
Chasing 440 for a win, Delhi started on their overnight&nbsp;score of 110 for four but the&nbsp;experienced batting line-up faltered once again and failed&nbsp;to offer little resistance.
Rajat Bhatia top-scored with 49 runs with lower-order&nbsp;batsmen Pradeep Sangwan (26 not out) and Parvinder Awana (24)&nbsp;also contributing with useful knocks.
But it was the Mumbai pacers all the way as&nbsp;man-of-the-match Thakur proved his worth with overall&nbsp;match-figures of 8-113.
Thakur, who bagged his sixth first-class five wicket haul&nbsp;in the first innings, picked up three wickets in the second&nbsp;innings to flatten Delhi's chance of any win.
Medium-pacer Wilkin Mota (2-55) and left-arm spinner&nbsp;Harmeet Singh (2-55) also bagged two wickets each to make&nbsp;their presence felt.
On the batting front, Mumbai opener Akhil Herwadkar&nbsp;(161), who struck his maiden first-class century in his team's&nbsp;second innings, was instrumental in taking the Aditya Tare-led&nbsp;side to 450 in the second coming after they were skittled out&nbsp;for 156 when they were put into bat.
Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir and veteran batsman Virender&nbsp;Sehwag had ordinary outings after the batsmen failed to&nbsp;convert their starts in each innings.
Sehwag was run out on 49 in the first innings as Delhi&nbsp;were bundled out for 166, while Gambhir managed 34 in the&nbsp;second innings only to be trapped lbw off Thakur.
Brief Scores: Mumbai 156 and 450&nbsp; Delhi 166 and 236 in 87 overs (Rajat Bhatia 49; Shardul&nbsp;Thakur 3-59, Balwinder Sandhu 3-35)

Mumbai bowlers, ably led by pace&nbsp;spearhead Shardul Thakur, rise to the challenge once again to&nbsp;help the Ranji cricket giants trounce Delhi by 204 runs and&nbsp;enter the semi-finals

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Mumbai bowlers, ably led by pace&nbsp;spearhead Shardul Thakur, rise to the challenge once again to&nbsp;help the Ranji cricket giants trounce Delhi by 204 runs and&nbsp;enter the semi-finals

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