The contrast couldn't have been starker. On one side, Mumbai, the defending champions, had been battered and batted out of the contest. Having made it a habit of winning Ranji Trophy titles, the players, who for generations knew only what it feels to lift the title, stood in a group contemplating what they could have done differently.
RANJI TROPHY 2016-17
Parthiv decimates Mumbai's might to take Gujarat to maiden Ranji Title
Gujarat won the title for the first time. © Cricbuzz
And then there was Gujarat. Players and support staff running onto the field with child-like enthusiasm. Parthiv Patel (143) and Manprit Juneja (54) helped their
