Denying any suggestion that his team lacked intensity on the field, defeated Mumbai skipper Suryakumar Yadav blamed lack of application on the part of his batsmen for the massive first-ever outright defeat, by 10 wickets, against weak-on-paper Railways in their second Ranji Trophy league game at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday.

Mumbai, with an enviable record of having won the trophy a humongous 41 times, were thrashed by 10 wickets by underdogs Railways with the four-day match ending in the post lunch session on Day Three after 42 overs in all were chopped off over the first two days due to bad light on Day One and solar eclipse on the second day.