UP struggling in chase of Mumbai's 402

Having allowed Mumbai to amass 402 runs in their first innings, Uttar Pradesh lost early wickets to be left struggling at 91 for three at close on the second day of the Ranji Trophy cricket final hereon Tuesday.

Resuming at the overnight score of 297 for six, Mumbai capitalised on Uttar Pradesh's fielding lapses as they scored 105 more runs before the innings folded up and then pace spearhead Zaheer Khan sparkled with two wickets to put the opposition on the back foot.

Uttar Pradesh dropped as many as four catches and missed one stumping and two run-outs to allow Mumbai to gain the upper hand.

At close, Uttar Pradesh were trailing by 311 runs with seven wickets remaining in the five-day match being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium at Uppal.

Opener Shivakant Shukla was batting on 46 and Parvinder Singh was yet to open his account.

UP team was reeling at 6 for two in less than three overs of the start of their innings with Zaheer removing opener Tushar Srivastava by getting him caught behind by Samant in the fourth ball of the third over.

UP received another jolt when next batsman in Suresh Raina was gone in a blink after facing just one ball. Raina was run out by Sairaj Bahutule on duck.