Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar worshipped by a nation played for Mumbai in three different eras.The 41-time Ranji Trophy winners will be playing their 500th game against Baroda at the Wankhede Stadium.No other team have made this much impact on Indian cricket.Have produced the maximum number of international cricketers across three formats.
“The Mumbai (Bombay) Ranji team has nurtured some of the finest cricketers in the country. Many of us have learnt a lot by being a part of the Ranji tournaments getting the opportunity to play with and against the best cricketers in the country,” Sachin said.
“Every Mumbai cricketer has taken great pride in wearing the lion-crested cap. Never taking it easy and the reluctance to rest on our past laurels has resulted in the Mumbai Ranji team being the force it is, over the years,” Tendulkar said.
Mumbai played and won their 100th and 200th Ranji Trophy games against Gujarat. The first in the 1962-63 season by an innings and 40 runs and then in 1978-79 season by innings and 48 runs. Both the games were played at Wankhede.
In the 1993-94 season they won their 300th Ranji game against Haryana by an innings and 202 runs at Faridabad and in the 2006-07 season their 400th Ranji game defeating Bengal by 132 runs to lift the trophy at Mumbai.
