'Never thought Vidarbha will beat Mumbai convincingly'

Deshpande felt Mumbai's strategy was the key reason for their failure. "Mumbai played this game with zero-strategy. Can you imagine employing six bowlers before the opponents scored 100 on the opening day? On the opponents' side, you have a man (Vidarbha coach Chandrakant Pandit), who is a fantastic strategist. Mumbai's approach was so casual," said Deshpande who played for Bank of India and Jolly Cricketers in Mumbai.

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