Indore: Domestic giants Mumbai Thursday defeated Saurashtra by eight runs to advance to the knock-out stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament from Group C. Mumbai have now 20 points from six games and only Railways are on the top of the table with 20 points, but have played a match less.
Saurashtra are in the third spot, with 12 points, with a game in hand, and if they win it, they will have 16 points. After being bundled out for 147, Mumbai bowlers led by experienced Shardul Thakur (3-30) showed a lot of character to shoot out Saurashtra for 139 in 19.5 overs at the Holkar Stadium here.
Brief Scores: Mumbai 147 all out (Prithvi Shaw 36, S Iyer 36, Surya Kumar Yadav 29; P Mankad 3-27, Jaydev Unadkat 2-28) won against Saurashtra 139 (R Uthappa 57, A Vasavada 36, Sl Thakur 3-30) by eight runs.