Hosts Assam were in a poor way on the penultimate day of their Group &lsquo;B&rsquo; Ranji Trophy clash against Mumbai at the Amingaon Cricket Ground here on Thursday.
They got bowled out for 370 in response to Mumbai&rsquo;s massive 687-4 declared and on following on, were gasping at 36-5 at stumps, trailing by 281 runs.
Left-arm spinner <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/spinner-shams-mulani-will-be-mumbais-key-again-23263522" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Shams Mulani</a>, as was the case in earlier games, was Mumbai&rsquo;s hero with 4-111 while Test man <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/shardul-thakur-missing-t20-world-cup-berth-is-a-huge-setback-23249485" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Shardul Thakur</a>, Mohit Avasthi and Tanush Kotian claimed two wickets apiece. Seventy-plus knocks came from the blade of Assam&rsquo;s Rahul Hazarika, Rishav Das and skipper Gokul Sharma.
In Assam&rsquo;s second innings, the first two mentioned were dismissed for single-digit scores while Sharma was unbeaten on seven. Thakur claimed three of the five wickets to fall and enjoyed amazing figures of 4-1-12-3 while Avasthi sent back openers Subham Mandal (0) and Hazarika (6).
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Mumbai are eyeing their third outright win of the season after being denied one by Tamil Nadu in the last game held at the Brabourne Stadium.
Brief scores Mumbai 687-4d (P Shaw 379, A Rahane 191, M Khan 42; R Parag 2-167) v Assam 370 &amp; 36-5 (S Purkayastha 12*; S Thakur 3-12, M Avasthi 2-19)
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Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani, as was the case in earlier games, was Mumbai’s hero with 4-111 while Test man Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi and Tanush Kotian claimed two wickets apiece. 

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