Cuttack: Mumbai pace spearhead Shardul&nbsp;Thakur bagged a five wicket haul to skittle out Delhi for 166&nbsp;on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals at the&nbsp;Driems Ground, here today.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/feb/2Shardul-Thakur-1.jpg" alt="Shardul Thakur" width="650" height="421" />Mumbai's Shardul Thakur. Pic/Atul Kamble&nbsp;
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The Mumbai bowlers, ably led by Thakur (5-54), kept plugging&nbsp;away wickets to allow Delhi manage a slender 10-run lead in&nbsp;response to Mumbai's 156 in the first innings of the five-day&nbsp;encounter.
The Aditya Tare-led side then came back strongly in the&nbsp;second innings to end the day on 87 for one and manage a&nbsp;crucial lead of 77 runs in what seems to be a low-scoring&nbsp;game.
Tare was caught behind off Pradeep Sangwan in the 15th&nbsp;over of the innings, but opener Akhil Herwadkar (52 not out)&nbsp;and Shreyas Iyer (12 not out) were battling on with a 46-run&nbsp;unbeaten stand.
Thakur's new-ball partner Balwinder Sandhu (2-43) drew&nbsp;first blood after getting Unmukt Chand caught behind for&nbsp;15 and soon medium-pacer Wilkin Mota (2-47) trapped captain&nbsp;Gautam Gambhir (5) lbw to put Delhi in trouble.
Shivam Sharma and (30) Virender Sehwag (49) then stitched&nbsp;a 78-run third wicket partnership, but it was broken by Thakur's excellence on the field.
On a day that belonged to him, Thakur ran out Sehwag to&nbsp;deny the veteran batsman his 54th first-class half-century. The run out seemed have given him confidence and Thakur, who bagged&nbsp;his sixth first-class five-wicket haul, started his demolition&nbsp;act by getting Mithun Manhas caught behind for a duck.
Thakur was unstoppable then and the young pacer cleaned up the Delhi tail in no time.
Brief scores: Mumbai 156 and 87/1 (Aditya Tare 23, Akhil Herwadkar 52&nbsp;no out; Pradeep Sangwan 1-16) Delhi 166 in 54 overs (Virender Sehwag 49, Shivam Sharma&nbsp;30; Shardul Thakur 5-54).

Mumbai pace spearhead Shardul&nbsp;Thakur bagged a five wicket haul to skittle out Delhi for 166&nbsp;on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals

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Mumbai pace spearhead Shardul&nbsp;Thakur bagged a five wicket haul to skittle out Delhi for 166&nbsp;on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals

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