On the eve of yesterday's Ranji Trophy encounter, Mumbai's skipper Dhawal Kulkarni urged his top- order batsmen to play responsibly and rectify their mistakes against Gujarat. Except for centurion Shivam Dube and to some extent, Siddhesh Lad, his advice was not taken seriously. Mumbai lost half their side with only 74 on board. Thanks to Dube's (110), his second first-class ton in his fourth game, Mumbai managed 297 all out on Day One.

Put into bat on a green top, Mumbai lost openers — Akhil Herwadkar (0) and Jay Bista (8) within the first five overs. Herwadkar got off to another frustrating start after he failed to enter double figures in the first innings against Railways and Karnataka. The opener was caught behind off the very second delivery of the match off left-arm pacer Roosh Kalaria (3-80).