While the Mumbai team had to grind it out on a tough Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy season-opener against Chandigarh at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, a few kilometres away, India’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav, who was not picked for this Ranji match, also didn’t have a great outing personally, though his club and hosts MIG Cricket Club, comfortably beat Muslim United SC in a MCA President Cup T20 encounter.

Skipper Suryakumar led his team to a five-wicket win, while 42-time Ranji champs Mumbai struggled to assert themselves initially before reaching 249-5 at stumps in their Elite Group ‘D’ match.