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Shardul Thakur's sizzling 109 and Tanush Kotian's unbeaten 74 offset R Sai Kishore's six-wicket pull, placing Mumbai in order by driving them to a 207-run first-innings lead over Tamil Nadu on the second day of their Ranji Prize elimination round here today.

Thakur's shocking counterattacking hundred, highlighting 13 fours and four sixes from 105 balls, hauled Mumbai into better times after they were diminished to 106/7 at one phase.

Mumbai were 353/9 at stumps against TN's most memorable innings 146, with Sai Kishore causing the greatest harm. Sai Kishore (6/97) went through a lump of Mumbai's batting line-up, while Shreyas Iyer (3) tumbled to pacer Sandeep Warrier.

In any case, Thakur sent off a dazzling surge, putting every one of the TN bowlers under extreme strain while producing fundamental organizations en route to take Mumbai a long ways ahead in the game.

Thakur collaborated with Hardik Tamore (35) for a pivotal 105-run represent the eighth wicket and took Mumbai further ahead in the organization of Kotian, adding one more 79 runs for the 10th wicket.

Thakur pierced the holes voluntarily and didn't pass up a major opportunity clearing the field, one of his sixes raising his lady century across designs.

Thakur, who likewise battled with a lower leg related issue en route, at last tumbled to Kuldeep Sen (2/65) in the third meeting, which brought the sets of Kotian and Tushar Deshpande together again after their heroics in the last match.

"We (got) impeded a little in the primary meeting. There was not a lot happening today on the pitch and I felt batsmen ought to have played with some sort of opportunity to begin with in the primary innings," Thakur said. "In defining moments, in the event that you are terrified, you will more often than not lose the wickets or execution probably won't come your direction, so should play with opportunity and that was the entire thought when I began batting," he added.

Sai Kishore finished his partner Ajinkya Rahane's 67-ball vigil for a simple 19 by getting him captured at the main slip. Musheer Khan (55 off 131 balls) kept on taking monster steps, bearing the obligation of getting runs for his side.

While Sai Kishore took his count of wickets past 50 this season, the TN captain stayed focussed on a definitive award. "Truly, I don't pursue wickets. The only thing that is important is the title, I'm really putting it all on the line. One more 11 wickets to go, I don't have the foggiest idea what count I'm on yet one more 11 wickets to go," he said.