Bought by Devgiri Emperors for minimal a fee of Rs. 15,000, Mandar had a poor MPL campaign in 2009 by his standards scoring only 77 runs in seven games at an average of 11.00. The MPL-II season didn’t prove to be any greater either, as he got to play just two innings and ended up scoring just four runs in it. The right hand middle order batsman would look to turn it around though with his skill and talent that had seen him represent Maharashtra in both under-19 and under-23 levels in the year 2007. And with conditions likely to be more batting friendly in season-III compared to season-II, Dhumke would be keen to get a few games to prove his worth.