Bombay, My Bombay is a chapter in batting legend Sunil Gavaskar’s autobiography Sunny Days, released in late 1976 long before the city of his birth changed to Mumbai. The penultimate chapter of the bestselling book consisted of Gavaskar’s views on why the city is such a formidable force in the willow game.

In there he also emphasised that Bombay players are the “friendliest” although the “Bombay cricketer will not suffer fools gladly.” Indeed, the atmosphere at Wankhede Stadium was friendly on Sunday. Gavaskar was delighted to spend his morning and noon at the Wankhede Stadium, whose golden jubilee celebrations kicked off with a match between the Mumbai Cricket Association Apex Council members and the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM). MCA won by six runs.