Chennai: Tamil Nadu virtually qualified for the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy after they crushed Mumbai by an innings and 44 runs on the third and penultimate day here on Friday.

Tamil Nadu collect seven points, including a bonus point, from the match to take their tally to 23 from seven games. They are now at second spot in Group A while Mumbai are at fourth spot with 11 points from six matches.

Having allowed Tamil Nadu to amass 417 all out in their first innings, Mumbai were faced with a herculean task of scoring 276 to force the home side to bat again in their second essay.

In another match, Rajasthan romped past Odisha by 10 wickets to win with a bonus point.

Odisha, starting the day at 144/9, failed to add to their first innings total before being bowled out for 199 with Rajasthan enforcing the follow-on.

While speedsters Pankaj Singh and Deepak Chahar starred in the first innings, Friday was the turn of Tanveer-ul-Haq, who picked four wickets in 7.4 overs.

SUMMARISED SCORES

Group A

In Chennai: Mumbai 141 & 232. Tamil Nadu 417. TN won by an innings and 44 runs.

In Ghaziabad: Bengal 141/4 vs UP. No play on Day III.

In Mysore: Baroda 335 & 204/8. Karnataka 302.

In New Delhi: Railways 213/4 vs Jammu & Kashmir.

Group B

In Balangir: Rajasthan 305 & 42/0. Odisha 144 & 199. Rajasthan won by 10 wickets.

In Pune: Maharashtra 330 & 187/5. Delhi 307 (G. Gambhir 94)

In Rajkot: Saurashtra 238 & 213. Haryana 226 & 163 (D. Jadeja 6/63). Saurashtra won by 62 runs.

In Surat: Vidarbha 236 & 307/8. Gujarat 248.

Group C

In Agartala: Tripura 179 & 84/2. Kerala 301/9 decl.

In Dharamsala: Andhra 301/6 (M. Sriram 105) vs Himachal Pradesh.

In Porvorim: Goa 175 & 82/0. Assam 435/8 decl.

In Ranchi: Jharkhand 556/9 decl. Hyderabad 377/7.

All matches to continue unless otherwise mentioned