Manjrekar also believes that in the early Mumbai teams, there was one India player, who was captaining the side and that is somehow missing in the present team. Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar feels one reason for the recent dwindling dominance of oft-crowned Ranji champions Mumbai could be because other teams are getting stronger. Even in this season's Ranji Trophy, Mumbai have been made to wait till the last league game to try and seal their knockout spot. "May be one reason is that the other teams are getting stronger (in the Ranji Trophy). Mumbai recently played their 500th Ranji game versus Baroda and were made to struggle for a draw after conceding the first innings lead.

Source: dna November 23, 2017 08:53 UTC