In a thrilling game at Palam, Akhil Herwadkar and lower-order bat Balwinder Singh Sandhu helped Mumbai clinch a crucial first innings lead against Baroda. Bengal captain, Manoj Tiwary smashed a century against UP even as Kuldeep Yadav picked a five-for in the ongoing game. In Lahli, Ishwar Pandey wrecked the Punjab line-up in the morning to finish with eight wickets in the innings while Manpreet Gony took four to push MP on the backfoot later in the day. Group A, Round 2 – Day 2 Round-up: Mumbai vs Baroda in Palam, New Delhi: Baroda 1st inn 305/10 in 86.1 overs (S Singh 15, V Gohil 3/70, Shardul 2/77); Mumbai 1st inn 313/8 in 88 overs (A Herwadkar 106, B Sandhu 56*, S Yadav 54, S Manglorkar 3/74) Lead by 8 runs Mumbai seized an eight-run first innings lead until the end of day’s play after bowling Baroda out for 305. Akhil Herwadkar anchored the Mumbai innings with a century even as wickets fell at the other end. Mumbai were 18 for two when Surya Kumar Yadav joined the opener in the middle to stabilize the innings. However, after he was run out for 54 with Mumbai on 99, Mumbai lost Aditya Tare and Armaan Jaffer in quick succession. Abhishek Nayar then joined Herwadkar in carrying the innings forward. But the partnership was ended on 68 by Deepak Hooda. Balwinder Sandhu, who then came to the crease joined forces with Herwadkar and the pair stitched a 90 run stand to close in on the Baroda total. However, with the team on 262, Yusuf Pathan accounted for Herwadkar, but Sandhu rallied on to take the team to a first innings lead with the lower order. He was batting on 56 with Tushar Deshpande on 11 to take Mumbai to 313 for eight at the end of day’s play. Earlier, Baroda lost their last wicket of Swapnil Singh for the addition of 19 runs to the overnight total of 286. Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab in Lahli: Punjab 1st inn 378/10 in 108.2 overs (Y Singh 177, I Pandey 8/102); MP 1st inn 182/5 in 62 overs (S Sharma 48*, M Gony 4/25) Trail by 196 runs Punjab lost seven wickets for the addition of 31 runs to their overnight score in the first session of the day as Ishwar Pandey wrapped up the innings. The pacer claimed six of the seven wickets that fell in the morning as he ran through the rest of the lineup including the wicket of Yuvraj Singh (177). This is the second time that the MP pacer has taken eight wickets in an innings. In reply MP were 182 for five and trailing by 196 runs as Manpreet Gony ran through the middle-order later in the day. The Punjab pacer finished with four for 25 to help his team maintain an advantageous position in the game. Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal in Jaipur: Bengal 1st inn 466/10 in 139.2 overs (A Easwaran 142, M Tiwary 110, K Yadav 5/115, A Rajpoot 4/ 119); UP 1st inn 126/3 in 35 overs (U Sharma 57*, S Khan 43*, A Dinda 2/27) Trail by 340 runs Manoj Tiwary helped boost the Bengal total with 110-run knock while A Easwaran returned to the pavilion for 142 after resuming his innings on 123 on the second morning. Both batsmen were instrumental in taking the team to a strong total even as Kuldeep Yadav wrecked the rest of the rest of the lineup to finish with a five-for. Ashoke Dinda and Sayan Gosh then dealt early blows to leave UP on 49 for three as U Sharma and Sarfaraz Khan worked to rebuild the innings. The partnership was unbroken on 77 when play ended for the day. Railways vs Tamil Nadu in Bilaspur: TN 1st inn 121/10 in 42.2 overs (M Rangarajan 36*, D Bansal 4/48, M Chaudhary 3/31); Railways 1st inn 173/10 in 64 overs (A Gosh 46*, T Natarajan 4/51, M Rangarajan 2/21); TN 2nd inn 161/1 in 60 overs (A Mukund 98*, K Gandhi 41*) Lead by 109 runs Left-arm pacer T Natarajan (four-for) and Malolan Rangarajan (two wickets) to bowl Railways out for 173 after resuming on 87 for three on the second morning. Overnight batsman A Gosh remained unbeaten on 46 while the pacer completed his maiden four-for to help Railways seize the lead. Captain Abhinav Mukund (98*) and K Gandhi took TN to stumps on 161 for one on Day 2.