They reached their individual 50's in a short span of

each other, with Rayudu taking only 93 balls as compared to his partner's 135 in reaching the minor landmark. Tiwary, unbeaten on 66 at tea, in a score of 200 for 3, departed soon after resumption of play, top-edging left-arm spinner Vishal Dabholkar to Wasim Jaffer who ran around from first slip to leg slip completing an easy catch. In all, the batsman faced 166 balls in his 211-minute innings in which he struck 3 sixes and 5 fours. Rayudu was joined by Raina, who got into the groove from the first ball, as the fifth wicket pair carried Rest to a position from where they cannot lose. They have added 89 runs in 136 balls before stumps. Tendulkar, who was off the field for the entire day after striking a glorious, unbeaten 140 yesterday, can come out to bat only after the fall of the fifth wicket in Mumbai's second innings tomorrow.