Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) chairman Lalchand Rajput has stressed that Mumbai are not playing as per the city’s cricket reputation and wants to see batsmen with better temperament for Mumbai to give a good account of themselves in the Ranji Trophy starting on January 5.

After Mumbai’s ouster in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) and Vijay Hazare Trophy at the quarter-finals stage, the CIC discussed the team’s poor show with coaches, selectors and MCA officials at the MCA Academy in Bandra-Kurla Complex on Tuesday.