Can a team be five down for no runs on the board and then recover to beat the opponents in a first-class game? If you happen to play for a team which has never-say-die in their DNA, then yes. Zero for 5, a book by then Mumbai coach Pravin Amre was launched yesterday by someone who knows a thing or two about  this city’s Ranji Trophy team—Haryana’s Kapil Dev. Beating Mumbai in the 1990-91 Ranji final is undoubtedly a high for him. 

The story behind Amre’s book title is that Mumbai were 0 for 5 in their Ranji Trophy semi-final v Baroda. They shrugged off that upheaval, beat Baroda and went on to win the title in that 2006-07 season.