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Soon after the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal, while the Mumbai camp wore a stunning silence, former Mumbai captain Madhav Mantri and former player and coach Vasu Paranjpe headed into the visitors' dressing room

Kedar Jadhav and Vijay Zol's unbeaten third wicket partnership of 215 runs helped Maharashtra run down a stiff target of 252 runs with eight wickets to spare

The Maharashtra seamers Samad Fallah, Shrikant Mundhe and Anupam Sanklecha picked up 10 wickets between them to bundle Mumbai out for 129 in the second innings and set themselves a target of 252

Seamer Shardul Thakur picked up four wickets to run through Maharashtra's top order and leave them precariously placed at 219 for 7 at the end of the second day in Mumbai

Even though the scoreboard at the end of the first day's play between Mumbai and Maharashtra might reflect the teams are even, Mumbai will feel they had got out of a hole at the Wankhede Stadium after being put in to bat

Mumbai may be facing Group C opposition, but recent form and recent history shows Maharashtra can't be taken lightly