Mumbai close in on outright win against Himachal Pradesh

Mumbai are on the verge of an innings victory against Himachal Pradesh after declaring at 528 for eight on day three of their Ranji Trophy match. Sarfaraz Khan scored 154 and added 210 runs for the fifth wicket with Akash Anand, who made an unbeaten 117. Himachal reached 144 for three in their second innings and trail by 244 runs with seven wickets remaining.

Pukhraj Mann is unbeaten on 38 and Vaibhav Kalta has 21 at stumps. Mumbai's bowlers will seek early wickets on the final day to complete the innings win at the Lohnu Cricket Ground in Bilaspur. Sarfaraz was omitted from India's Test squad for New Zealand and responded with his first century of the season.

In other matches, Hyderabad set Andhra a target of 398 after declaring at 306 for seven in their second innings. Andhra reached seven for two at stumps and need 391 more runs. Punjab enforced the follow-on against Chhattisgarh and lead by 127 runs with seven wickets remaining in the visitors' second innings.