There was a time when the West Zone team enjoyed the presence of several Mumbai players. For example, the playing XI that beat South Zone in the 1985-86 Duleep Trophy final at Bangalore had as many as seven Mumbai men. Only last year, there were six city players in the XI, which beat South Zone in the final at Coimbatore.

This year, only four Mumbai cricketers—Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan and Shams Mulani—find themselves in the squad.