MUMBAI, 2 FEB            

Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian grabbed four wickets each as rampant Mumbai stormed to an innings and 456-run win over Meghalaya to top the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A table here on Saturday.

Mumbai currently has 29 points, similar to Jammu & Kashmir but the defending champions are ahead by a Net Run Rate of 1.74 as against the latter’s 1.59.

However, J&K is currently in a position to grab at least three points against Baroda and is poised to end the league engagements as group toppers.

While the victory was Mumbai’s largest in terms of an innings in the Ranji Trophy history, it also bolstered their chances of reaching the quarterfinal which will start on 8 February.

Brief scores: Meghalaya 86 and 129 in 30.1 overs (Kishan Lyndoh 39, Anirudh B 24; Shardul Thakur 4/48, Tanush Kotian 4/15) lost to Mumbai 671/7 decl. by an innings and 456 runs.