In reply, Tamil Nadu were 66 for no loss with experienced opener Abhinav Mukund batting on 52.

"I scored centuries in two Ranji Trophy semi-finals when we won in 2012-13 and 2015-16. Both those hundreds were special. This one too is special—away from home and against very good opposition. Given the situation of the team and my current form, it was a special knock," Tare told mid-day over the phone from Chennai.

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The Tamil Nadu bowlers toiled for five sessions before wrapping up the Mumbai innings with ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3-121) and left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore (4-125) sending down 47 and 46 overs respectively.

"When you are not doing well and get a big hundred, it brings back all the confidence. For me, coming back from two defeats and 129 for five here, was more important. I'm glad that Shams [Mulani], Shashank, Tushar [Deshpande] and myself contributed well," Tare added.

The Mumbai lower-order continued to make things difficult for the home side bowlers with Tushar Deshpande (39) smashing Ashwin for three huge sixes while No.11 Royston Dias too joined the fun, hoisting B Aparajith for a big one over long-on.

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