Chandigarh: Riding on a 103-run second wicket partnership between Ravi Inder Singh (58) and Uday T Kaul (62), Punjab salvaged a draw against Mumbai in their Ranji Trophy Super League group A match here today.

At the close of play, Punjab scored 311 runs at the loss of seven wickets in their second innings after Pankaj Dharmani (46) and Gaurav Gambhir (50 not out) too chipped in with useful contributions.

While Mumbai earned three points from the drawn match, Punjab got one. As against Punjab's 259 all out in their first innings, Mumbai had declared their innings at 471 for nine on the penultimate day gaining a lead of 212 runs.

In reply, Punjab's Ravi Inder Singh made 58 before being caught behind stumps by Vinay Samant of the bowling of Dhawal Kulkarni when the scorecard read 109. Kaul, on the other hand, took 150 balls to score 62 with 12 hits to fence before holing out to O Khanvilkar off Rohit Sharma.

Punjab's wickets kept tumbling at regular interval but only after batsmen like Pankaj Dharmani (46) and Rahul Sharma (22) made important contributions to the local favourites' tally. An unbeaten 50 by Gambhir and 33 not out by MS Gony helped Punjab escape with a draw.

For Mumbai, pacer Zaheer Khan took three wickets, A Nayar two and by Rohit Sharma and D Kulkarni picked up one wicket apiece.