MUMBAI, Nov. 18 -- Siddhesh Lad continued his sterling run this season, smashing 170 to power Mumbai to a massive first innings total of 630/5 against a hapless Puducherry bowling attack on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy Elite League Group D match at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. Wicket-keeper batter Akash Anand scored an unbeaten 107 (122 balls, eight fours), Sarfaraz Khan hit 67 (113b, six fours, one six) and captain Shardul Thakur hammered a quickfire 32-ball 56 (three fours, four sixes) to bury Puducherry under a heap of runs. Pacer Thakur then struck three early blows to leave the visitors reeling at 43/4 as Mumbai took complete control of the game. He struck on the very first delivery, cleaning up Neyan Kangayan by swinging the ball across his blade to hit the off-stump. On his third ball, Thakur nailed Paras Ratnaparkhe leg before wicket before having Anand Singh Bais (5) caught behind for fine figures of 3/17. Resuming the day on 317/3, Lad and Khan continued to bat fluently. The two stretched their fourth wicket partnership from 80 to 160 before Khan fell against the run of play, suffering a lapse in concentration. Lad, however, treated the crowd to brilliant strokeplay. With the ball coming onto the bat nicely, he played some glorious strokes all around the wicket. While his cover drives were a treat to watch, he completed his century by clipping the ball between mid-on and midwicket for four. It was his 13th first-class hundred, and third of the season. Having started the campaign with a century (116) against Jammu & Kashmir, he scored 127 in the previous match against Himachal Pradesh. It is also his highest first-class score, bettering his previous highest by one run. He looked on course for a double when he sliced a wide delivery off Sabhay Chadda to deep third man, Anand Sigh, at the total of 507, ending a fifth wicket partnership of 110 with Anand. For Anand, it was his third first-class century in nine matches as Mumbai's batting line-up has looked more settled this season. Brief scores: In Mumbai: 630/5 (Musheer Khan 84, Akhil Herwadkar 86, Siddhesh Lad 170, Sarfaraz Khan 67, Akash Anand 107*, Shardul Thakur 56 retd hurt) lead Pondicherry 43/4 (Shardul Thakur 3/17) by 587 runs. In Hubli: Karnataka 547/8 decl (Ravichandran Smaran 227, Karun Nair 95, Shreyas Gopal 62) vs Chandigarh 72/4 (Arjin Azad 32; Shreyas Gopal 3/18). In New Chandigarh: Maharashtra 350 all out (Arshin Kulkarni 133, Prithvi Shaw 74; Gurnoor Brar 4/115). In Rajkot: Saurashtra 585/7 (Prerak Mankad 155, Sammar Gajjar 116; Darshan Misal 4/195) vs Goa 125/2 (Abhinav Tejrana 75*). In Indore: Kerala 281 all out (Baba Aparajith 98, Abijith Praveen 60; Saransh Jain 3/40) vs Madhya Pradesh 155/6 (Saransh Jani 41*, Aryan Pandey 33*). In Kalyani: Assam 200 (Swarupam Purkayastha 62, Sumit Ghadigaonkar 53; Mohammed Shami 3/64, Suraj Jaiswal 3/24). Bengal 267/4 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 66, Habib Gandhi 58, Anustup Majumdar 43, Shahbaz Ahmed 61*). In Dehradun: Gujarat 324/8 decl & 5/0. Uttarakhand 272 (Kunal Chandela 116, Aarav Mahajan 47, J Suchith 40; Vishal Jayswal 3/29, Siddharth Desai 3/64)....