Blaming the application factor again, Mumbai captain Suryakumar Yadav promised that the 41-time champions will bounce back from the two successive losses they suffered this Ranji Trophy season — against Railways the previous week and to Karnataka on Sunday at the MCA-BKC ground.

"It's a difficult situation to address but it's just the third game. Looking at history, we have always come back stronger and we will come back stronger," said Suryakumar Yadav, who is set to miss Mumbai's next three games as he's been picked to travel with the India A squad to New Zealand on January 11 from Delhi.