Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians (MI) captain, has began his stint with three straight losses in IPL 2024 after defeat to Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals (RR). Unlike at Gujarat Titans (GT) the place Hardik began off as captain with three consecutive wins, he has not had the identical begin with Mumbai. Nothing went MI’s approach on Monday evening in Mumbai. This was the primary recreation for MI and the outcomes didn’t go there approach but once more this season. Speaking on the presentation ceremony after the loss, Hardik blamed the pitch and himself for the defeat.
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MI have been requested to bat first after RR received the toss and selected to bowl. They misplaced the openers fairly early and have been on again foot proper from the beginning. Hardik and Tilak Varma supplied some type of stability after MI have been 4 down for simply 20. Both, nevertheless, fell in 30s.
Hardik blamed himself for ‘not doing extra’. He additionally questioned the floor that was supplied to them for the sport. “….I wanted to counter, we were in a decent position to get us around 150-160, but my wicket allowed them to get back more into the game, I needed to do a lot more. It’s okay, we didn’t expect such a surface, but you can’t always have it as a batter, it’s nice at times for the bowlers to have a say.”
MI captain additionally despatched a message to him by the microphone, asking for extra self-discipline and braveness. “He stated that MI gamers can do so much higher than what they’ve performed to this point.
Even opposition captain Sanju Samson stated that the wicket was very sticky and the toss turned a game-changer. However, he nonetheless didn’t count on 4 MI wickets to fall so shortly within the recreation. Samson hailed Trent Boul’t excellent effort to impact the early dismissals together with the wicket of Rohit. Boult completed with a spell of three for 22 from 4 overs and was additionally adjudged because the Player of the Match.
This was not the primary time Boult removed Rohit along with his swing bowling. He stated that dismissing him all the time makes him fel nice as Rohit is a large risk. “I’ve played against him a lot, and it is just about doing something different against him. Doesn’t always work this way, but happy when it does,” stated Boult.Â
