Himachal’s Bhavin Thakkar in Mumbai on Wednesday. (PTI)

Mumbai/ Amritsar: Off-spinner Sarandeep Singh was called for suspect action as Himachal Pradesh struggled to keep Mumbai at bay at the MCA ground here on Wednesday.

Mumbai, bundled out for a paltry 162 on the opening day, fought their way back into the match as they skittled out the visitors for 246 and then finished the second day at 76 without loss.

Bhavin Thakkar was the top scorer with 88 while Sarandeep Singh (25) and Anurag Thakur (26) contributed 43 vital runs for Himachal’s ninth wicket.

Sarandeep was ‘no-balled’ in his third over, and 24th in Mumbai’s second innings, after which he was taken off the attack.

In Amritsar, opener Murali Vijay blasted a classy 148 to help Tamil Nadu take a 112-run first innings lead with four wickets in hand over a hapless Punjab on the second day.

Meanwhile, Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara scored a double century (204 ..) against Maharashtra in Rajkot. Sitanshu Kotak and Ravindra Jadeja also scored centuries as the hosts declared for 544 for three. In reply, Maharashtra were 53 for one at stumps.

SUMMARISED SCORES

Super League

In Amritsar: Punjab 228 (P. Dharmani 83; L. Balaji 3/32). Tamil Nadu 313/3 (M. Vijay 148, A. Mukund 61, A. Karthik 73).

In Bhubaneswar: Railways 297/8 (V. Cheluavraj 88; D. Mohanty 3/40) vs Orissa.

In Ghaziabad: Baroda 234 (R. Solanki 58, I. Pathan 59;, P. Chawla 4/47). UP 36/0.

In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 209/7 (A. Rayudu 60, A. Singh 61, S. Quadri 52; S. Trivedi 4/35) vs Gujarat

In Mumbai: Mumbai 162 & 76/0 (A. Rahane 38 .., S. Kukreja 35 no). Himachal 246 (B. Thakkar 88; H. Singh 4/89, I. Abdullah 4/48).

In Rajkot: Saurashtra 544/3 decl. (S. Kotak 103, C. Pujara 204 .., R. Jadeja 122 .., S. Fallah 2-112). Maharashtra 53/1.

Plate League

In Guwahati: Jharkhand 261 (S. Nadeem 33, S. Bahutule 5/53). Assam 147/1 (D. Jadhav 49 .., P Aziz 85).

In Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir 164 & 49/6 (H. Shah 57 ..; S. Cheruvathur 3/42). Kerala 133 (S. Baby 32, R. Gomez 39; A. Nabi 4/42)

In Jamtha: Vidarbha 213/9 (R. Jangid 45, A. Kolhar 33; R. Dutta 2/34, W. Mota 3/39.) vs Tripura.

In Margao: Goa 338 (S. Asnodkar 136, R. Keni 69; P. Singh 4/96). Rajasthan 42/3.

All matches to continue.

Note: The second day’s play between Andhra and Madhya Pradesh was called off due to rain.