Mumbai has always contributed quality players to a World Cup-winning India side and the recent successful campaign which ended in the Men in Blue becoming the first team to win the T20 World Cup thrice and also the first team to defend its title on home turf, was no different. Mumbai men — skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube — made significant contributions and Mumbai Cricket Association President Ajinkya Naik is an extremely proud man when he proclaims this.

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“Mumbai has always produced champions for Indian cricket and this World Cup was no different. It was very satisfying to see Mumbai’s invaluable contribution to the national team again. While Suryakumar led the team brilliantly with both bat and his accurate on-field strategies, Dube delivered time and again with his power-hitting in crunch situations,” Naik, who accompanied the duo as they paid a visit to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at his residence on Wednesday, tells mid-day.