Defending champions Mumbai Indians succumbed to their third defeat of the season after they misplaced to Punjab Kings by 9 wickets on Friday. Put in to bat first, MI may solely rating 131 of their allotted 20 overs as Punjab Kings bowlers led by Ravi Bishnoi choked the run movement.
After Quinton de Kock (3) was dismissed early by off-spinner Deepak Hooda, Bishnoi eliminated Ishan Kishan (6) within the first over after powerplay leaving MI struggling at 26 for 2 after seven overs. Mumbai’s 21 in opposition to PBKS was the bottom powerplay rating this season after being put into bat.
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Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, who scored a properly constructed fifty believes that his workforce shouldn’t be placing sufficient effort on the sphere.
“We are not putting enough effort on the field and when the conditions are tough you need to understand how you need to bat and how you need to bowl.” Rohit Sharma stated within the post-match.
“It is not a bad wicket to bat on, you saw how Punjab Kings batted and won the game with 9 wickets in hand. It is just the application that is missing in our batting,” he stated highlighting PBKS batsmen’s batting method.
A 79-run stand between Rohit (63 off 52) and Suryakumar Yadav (33 off 27) steadied the ship for the five-time champions however they might not discover the ultimate flourish, managing solely 34 runs within the final 5 overs for the lack of 4 wickets.
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“If you get 150-160 on this wicket then you are always in the game, that is something we failed to do in the last two games”, he added.
Some much-needed lusty blows had been anticipated from the likes of Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard within the loss of life overs however Punjab had been in a position to maintain them quiet.
The 33-year-old was additionally not proud of the way in which the MI batsmen have batted this season to this point, “Something is missing in our batting line-up, we are not able to bat 20 overs in the fashion we want and something that we have to look at and see what we can do.”
Mumbai Indians will now shift their base to Delhi, the place they are going to face a struggling Rajasthan Royals on April 29.
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