Chandigarh: Discarded India spinner Romesh Powar struck an unbeaten 125 and shared a crucial 163-run eighth wicket stand with Omkar Khanvilkar (87) to put Mumbai in the driving seat with a 212-run first innings lead over Punjab at stumps on day three of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match here Thursday.

The duo played with ease as Mumbai finally declared at 471 runs for the loss of nine wickets against Punjab's total of 259 all out.

Summarised scores

In Ahmedabad: Gujarat 270 and 301/6 decl. (N. Patel 107). Orissa 192 and 10/1.

In Chandigarh: Punjab 259 and 55/1. Mumbai 471/9 decl. (R. Powar 125 ..)

In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 328 and 101/3. Himachal Pradesh 350 (P. Dogra 123)

In New Delhi: Railways 327. Tamil Nadu 312/8 (S. Badrinath 111 ..)

In Meerut: Karnataka 405 and 311/5 decl. (K. Pawan 78, R. Dravid 51 ..). Uttar Pradesh 279 and 29/1

In Pune: Maharashtra 179 and 305/7 (H. Khadiwale 114; S. Lahiri 4/87). Bengal 325.

In Vadodara: Delhi 591. Baroda 319/8 (P. Shaha 63, R. Pawar 42 .., R. Bhatia 10/1).

All matches to continue.

(Agencies)