Former Mumbai captain Aditya Tare, who scored a first-class century after a gap of three Ranji Trophy seasons yesterday, revealed that he is playing with a clear mind, without the burden of captaincy.

Tare slammed an unbeaten hundred in Mumbai's Ranji opener against Railways at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi. The four-day game ended in a draw. The middle-order batsman, who scored 237 runs last season, notched up his eighth first-class hundred yesterday. "I have less things to worry about now. I can look after my own skills and I am playing with a clear mind as compared to when I was captain. As captain, you have to do lot of things, worry about a lot of things. As a player, you have less responsibilities.