Mumbai: Mumbai seized the early initiative as they reduced Assam to 81 for three in the rain-curtailed Ranji Trophy Super League match, on Thursday.

After the visitors successfully negotiated the new ball on a damp wicket, all-rounder Abhishek Nayar (2/17) struck twice in the space of seven balls to justify Wasim Jaffer’s decision to bowl. After no play was possible on the first day, the second day’s play started only after tea.

Ajit Agarkar and Dhawal Kulkarni bowled a tidy opening spell but with the ball coming slow off the pitch, taking wickets wasn’t easy.

Summarised scores

In Bangalore: Orissa 191. Karnataka 348/5 (Manish Pandey 144 batting, C Gautam 144 batting).

In Chennai: Tamil Nadu 244/2 (A. Mukund 108n.., S Badrinath 106n..) vs Railways

In Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh 197. HP 9/2 (RP Singh 2/6)

In Mumbai: Assam 81/3 (Nayar 2/17) vs Mumbai

In Vadodara: Baroda 416 (Conor Williams 75, Kedar Devdhar 65, Ambati Rayudu 79, Pinal Shah 63; Sarabjit Ladda 5/118, Karan Goel 4/96). Punjab 10/1.

All matches to continue