Mumbai bowl out Chandigarh for 78 in Ranji, enforce follow-on

However, Mumbai recovered from the position as Tanush Kotian and Tushar Deshpande stitched together a 71-run partnership. Bawa provided the much-needed breakthrough for Chandigarh by dismissing Deshpande for 44. Kotian then joined Mohit Avasthi to add another 67 runs for the ninth wicket before Rohit Dhanda dismissed Kotian for 58. Avasthi remained unbeaten on 56.

Dhanda and Bawa claimed four wickets each for Chandigarh, while Nishunk Birla and Jagjit Singh Sandhu took one wicket apiece.

Forced to follow on, Chandigarh endured further embarrassment as the team ended the day at 0/1, losing Vishu Kashyap for a duck.

At Mullanpur, Assam piled up 373 against hosts Punjab, powered by Sibsankar Roy’s 143 and skipper Denish Das’s 103 off 186 balls. Sarupam Purkayastha also made a valuable contribution, scoring 66. Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for Punjab, claiming 5/70, while Gurnoor Brar and Emanjot Singh Chahal took two wickets each.