Former Vidarbha captain and ex-national selector Anil Deshpande, who played most of his cricket in Mumbai, never thought that his Ranji Trophy team could beat the domestic stalwarts so easily.

"Though I was confident of Vidarbha beating Mumbai, I never thought Vidarbha could beat Mumbai by such a huge margin (innings and 145 runs) and convincingly," said Deshpande, who played 62 first-class games from 1970 to 1983.