Mumbai: Young Mumbai opener Sahil Kukreja missed his maiden first class double hundred by one run but his sterling innings left the holders’ Ranji Trophy Elite division group A match against Delhi on a knife edge here on Sunday.

Kukreja’s magnificent innings, studded with 25 boundaries and a six, and his 174-run stand for the fifth wicket with hard-hitting Abhishek Nair put Mumbai on the way to a total of 471 for nine declared.

The declaration effected 21 minutes after tea on the third and penultimate day, setting Delhi — who led by 85 runs on the first innings — a victory target of 387.

At close, the visitors had advanced to 59 for no loss in 20 overs. Akash Chopra (33 with six fours) and Gautam Gambhir (22 with three fours) were at the crease when stumps were drawn.

SUMMARISED SCORES

In Chennai: Tamil Nadu 421 & 185/6 (Subramaniam Badrinath 46 batting) Karnataka 221 (P. Amarnath 5/74).

In Cuttack: Andhra 179 & 287/9 dec. (G. Shankara Rao 91) Orissa 140 & 32/0 (S.S. Das 23 batting)

In Dharamsala: Maharashtra 310 & 22/0 (Y. Venugopal Rao 112, Sairaj Bahutule 74, Vikramjeet Singh Malik 4/69). Himachal Pradesh 83 & 247 (A. Mannu 89, S.M. Fallah 6/49) Maharashtra won by 10 wickets

In Guwahati: Assam 198 & 152. Kerala 85 & 200/6 (P. Prasanth 80 batting)

In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 261 & 40/1 (Dharaka Ravi Teja 72, Irfan Pathan 4/71). Baroda 476/9 decl (C.C. Williams 153, R. Solanki 78).

In Jaipur: Saurashtra 307 & 253/3 (CA Pujara 151 batting). Rajasthan 172

In Mohali: Punjab 381 238/7 (RS Ricky 76 batting, Piyush Chawla 3/50). Uttar Pradesh 375 (S. Raina 123, VRV Singh 5/102).

In Mumbai: Mumbai 166 & 471/9 decl. (S. Kukreja 199, A.M. Nayar 93, P. Sangwan 5/102). Delhi 251 & 59/0 (Gautam Gambhir 22 batting, Akash Chopra 33 batting).