Indore: Gujarat squad led by Parthiv Patel, which is eyeing its first Ranji Trophy title, would come to bat on the final day of the ongoing final against 41-time champion Mumbai here at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, needing another 265 runs to create history.

After being set a target of 312, the Gujarat team finished Day Four at 47/0 when umpires decided to end the game early due to bad light. Openers Priyank Panchal (34) and Samit Gohel (8) were at the crease at stumps on Friday.

Earlier, Abhishek Nayar’s late burst of 91, which included five sixes and five fours, along with vital contributions from Shreyas Iyer (82), Aditya Tare (69), and Suryakumar Yadav (49), propelled Mumbai to 411. For Mumbai, the last two wickets put on 85 runs, with the Nayar scoring majority of it.

Chasing the target and eyeing to win the 83rd edition of the coveted trophy,Gujarat, who have been guilty of indulging in negative strategies for almost two complete days came out with a positive intent with their batters scoring freely and not letting off the loose deliveries. Specially, Panchal, who drove good deliveries beautifully into the off-side and kept the scoreboard ticking.

Squads:

Mumbai: Aditya Tare (c & wk), Praful Waghela, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Abhishek Nayar, Shardul Thakur, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Tushar Deshpande, Royston Dias, Sufiyan Shaikh (wk), Vijay Gohil, Akshay Girap, Eknath Kerkar, Prithvi Shaw, Akhil Herwadkar and Vishal Dabholkar.

Gujarat: Parthiv Patel (c & wk), Samit Gohel, Priyank Panchal, Bharghav Merai, Manprit Juneja, Rujul Bhatt, Chirag Gandhi, Rush Kalaria, RP Singh, Mehul Patel, Chintan Gaja, Hardik Patel, Dhruv Raval, Karan Patel.