Mumbai registered its first win of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season after beating Maharashtra by nine wickets at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.

After a crushing loss to Baroda in the season opener, defending champions Mumbai returned to winning ways on Monday. The 42-time winners outplayed Maharashtra in their second Group A encounter and got off the mark on the table.

Mumbai: Defending champions Mumbai got their Ranji Trophy campaign back on track with an emphatic nine-wicket win over Maharashtra in their second group A league game here on Monday, offsetting

The defending champions Mumbai registered an outright nine-wicket win in their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Maharashtra. Despite centuries from Maharashtra's skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and middle-order batsman Ankit Bawne,

Maharashtra skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (145, 16x4, 2x6) led from the front to stage a fightback against Mumbai, but it was not enough as the hosts are on the verge of beating their arch-rivals in the Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy game at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s Bandra-Kurla Complex ground.

Three outstanding innings and two mini collapses resulted in Mumbai finding itself on the cusp of victory in its Ranji Trophy Group A tie against arch-rival Maharashtra.

The 9-wicket-win on Monday has given Mumbai much needed confidence going ahead, after they beat Maharashtra by nine wickets in their second round at MCA-BKC, their home ground on Monday.

Despite tons by captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and middle-order batter Ankit Bawne, Maharashtra were all out for 388, leaving Mumbai with a target of 74 with a full day's play left

Mumbai were just 61 away from victory with openers Prithvi Shaw and Ayush Mhatre batting on 7 and 6 respectively.

Defending champions Mumbai are 61 runs away from victory over Maharashtra, with all 10 wickets intact going into the final day, which would be the perfect recovery after losing their opening match of the Ranji season to Baroda.