Ranji Trophy: Mumbai eye win against Odisha to stay in hunt for knockouts
A buoyant Mumbai are eyeing an outright win, which is needed for the domestic heavyweights to stay in contention for the knockouts, as they square off against Odisha in their last Elite Group D Ranji Trophy game from Thursday.
Currently, Mumbai top the group with nine points, having won their last match against Goa and taken the first-innings lead against Saurashtra.
If Mumbai beat Odisha, then they will get six points to take their aggregate to 15. In case they earn a bonus point, they will have 16 points.
Saurashtra are placed second in the group with eight points and if they defeat Goa, they will have 14 points.