Not only did ex-India opener Wasim Jaffer reclaim the record of Ranji Trophy&rsquo;s highest run-scorer, he also became the first batsman to hit 32 centuries in the Ranji Trophy yesterday. Powered by Jaffer&rsquo;s 132 off 246 balls, Mumbai reached 287 for six at the end of second day&rsquo;s play; taking a 139-run lead in reply to Saurashtra&rsquo;s 148 in the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede Stadium. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/jaffer_3.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 331px;" /> Wasim Jaffer plays a shot en route to his 132 at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday. Pic/Atul Kamble Hiken Shah, batting on 41 and Dhawal Kulkarni, the pick of the Mumbai bowlers with 4-24, is giving him company on 18. Jaffer had admitted his difficulty to focus ever since his father has been battling for life in a Bandra hospital. Ahead of the big match, the Mumbai team management took a decision to not talk about his father&rsquo;s illness inside the dressing room. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want him to think about it (his father&rsquo;s illness), and even he wants it that way. It is certainly helping him to completely focus on his game. He said &lsquo;thank you&rsquo; to everyone in the dressing room after the knock,&rdquo; a team official revealed to MiD DAY. As expected, there wasn&rsquo;t any fanfare or wild celebrations when Jaffer reached his milestones. His flick to surpass former Mumbai teammate Amol Muzumdar&rsquo;s tally of 9105 to become the tournament&rsquo;s all-time highest run-scorer was treated as any other run. He also completed 16,000 first-class runs with it. And when the Wankhede Stadium crowd gave him a standing ovation when he got his century No 32 with a powerful cover drive to surpass Delhi&rsquo;s Ajay Sharma&rsquo;s record of 31 tons, the acknowledgement was not emphatic. &ldquo;The record was on my mind because so much has been written about it in the last few days. Scoring a hundred in the final is always very special. That the team is in a good position is also quite pleasing. We hope to consolidate our lead now,&rdquo; said Jaffer. The classy right-hander did not start his innings in convincing fashion, but he cut loose just before the lunch break, slamming three consecutive fours on the leg side off left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja. He brought up his half-century with a six over long-on off the same bowler. Unlucky Helped by some ordinary umpiring, Jaffer was lucky to get away with a couple of leg-before appeals early on in his innings. Just when it appeared he was not out, umpire K Hariharan raised the finger to a ball that would have missed stumps. The disappointment on Mumbai skipper Ajit Agarkar&rsquo;s face was evident when he was adjudged lbw off Jadeja. &ldquo;Mistakes happen. They are part and parcel of the game,&rdquo; Jaffer said. However, he might have felt guilty for running out Sachin Tendulkar (22), who took 15 balls to get off the mark. Wanting a single, Jaffer sent back Tendulkar, but he was a long way down by then. Kamlesh Makvana at point made no mistake. It was first time Tendulkar was run-out in the Ranji Trophy. &ldquo;It was quite unfortunate. He just said carry on and don&rsquo;t bother about the run out,&rdquo; said Jaffer.u00a0

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