Attacking opener Jay Bista, 30, is currently not in Mumbai’s senior team plans, but the batter is not willing to give up. Bista, who has played 34 first-class matches and scored 1,898 runs, made his Ranji Trophy debut in 2015. He moved to Uttarakhand in 2021-22, where he scored 224 runs in four Ranji games, before returning to Mumbai, whom he last represented in the 2023-24 season, scoring 188 runs in four matches during their title-winning campaign.

Runs keep flowing

Recently, while leading Victory Cricket Club in the ongoing Dr HD Kanga Cricket League Division ‘A’, Bista has scored 192 runs in three games — 78 off 48 balls against Shivaji Park Gymkhana, 24 off 24 against PJ Hindu Gymkhana and 90 off 64 against New Hindu Cricket Club.