Shreyas Iyer would like to sit back on a ‘Time Machine’ to revive his start-stop international career while Ishan Kishan would aim to clear the popular perception about his allegedly “misplaced priorities”, when the 90th edition of Ranji Trophy starts across the country with hundreds of players ready to slog it out for different ambitions and varied goals.

Mumbai, who take on Baroda in Baroda, once again would be a team to beat with Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Iyer in its ranks although the Khan brothers — Sarfaraz and Musheer — will be missing; elder one due to national duty and younger one because of a recent road accident.