Mumbai, thus qualified for the Wills Trophy from the zone on a better quotient.

Powered by Manoj Joglekar's fine unbeaten 92 besides useful contributions from Praveen Amre (51) and Sameer Dighe (51), Mumbai offset the earlier damage done by the rival bowlers.

Joglekar and Dighe were involved in the most fruitful stand of 104 runs coming off just 8.1 overs.

And later Nilesh Kulkarni did the trick with the ball claiming four wickets to cut short Maharashtra's charge with nine balls to spare.

SCOREBOARD

Mumbai: Wasim Jaffer b Pande 3 (15b, 23m); Rajesh Sutar c Narse b Nair 17 (22b, 40m, 1x4, 1x6); Jatin Paranjape c&b Nair 4 (7b, 6m, 1x4); Praveen Amre c&b Lande 51 (68b, 117m, 5x4) 51; Vinod Kambli b Agashe 25 (37b, 44m, 5x4); Manoj Joglekar not out 92 (98b, 132m, 5x4,3x6); Sameer Dighe c Bhave b Nair 53 (49b, 46m, 5x4, 2x6); Sairaj Bahutule run out 14 (7b, 13m, 1x6); Paras Mhambrey not out (2b, 5m) 2. Extras: (b1, lb8, w18, nb2) 29. Total: (for seven wickets in 50 overs, 218 min) 290

Fall Of Wickets: 1-22, 2-28, 3-37, 4-81, 5-142, 6-246, 7-281

Bowling: Pande 10-2-64-1, Nair 10-0-60-3, Dalvi 3-0-27-0, Agashe 10-1-50-1, Sugwekar 2-0-7-0, Lande 8-2-27-1, Dalvi 7-0-46-0.

Maharashtra: Surendra Bhave c Dighe b Mhambrey 32 (48b, 69m, 4x4); Anand Dalvi c Paranjape b Kulkarni 23 (27b, 46m, 2x4 1x6); Abhijeet Kale c Mhambrey b Sutar 20 (38b, 55m, 2x4); Shantanu Sugwekar run out 62 (86b, 106m, 4x4); Jaideep Narse c Amre b Sutar 27 (46b, 53m, 1x4) 27; Ranjit Pande c Sutar b Kulkarni 6 (12b, 12m); Parag Shahane b Kuruvilla 16 (15b, 20m, 2x4); Satyen Lande run out 0 (2m); Mandar Dalvi st Dighe b Kulkarni 1 (5b, 4m); Sachin Nayar not out 2 (4b, 8m); Ashutosh Agashe c Jaffer b Kulkarni 1 (5b, 4m); Extras: (lb8, nb1, w14) 23. Total: (all out in47.3 overs) 213

Fall Of Wickets: 1-46, 2-74, 3-103, 4-173, 5-185, 6-201, 7-203, 8-206, 9-212

Bowling: Kuruvilla 10-0-37-1, Mhambrey 8-0-41-1, Kulkarni 9.3-0-45-4, Bahutule 10-1-33-0, Sutar 10-0-49-2.