Hardik Pandya hasn’t had the help of the followers in the 2024 version of the IPL and with all the noise round the Mumbai Indians and the entire captaincy change, the five-time champions’ efficiency and the skipper’s personal kind hasn’t helped the trigger both. Including the defeat in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Monday, Mumbai Indians have misplaced 5 matches now and other than all the different components, Pandya’s feedback after the defeats have solely heightened the animosity.Â
Pandya’s feedback of all the pieces being optimistic, bowlers doing good regardless of the evident loss of kind for the gamers hasn’t gone down nicely with many as a number of former cricketers have advised that every one the noise is affecting Hardik however is not exhibiting and hasn’t been that trustworthy as nicely in the post-match interviews.
Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn levelled a criticism to the gamers on the whole however stored it cryptic sufficient and timed it nicely that everybody knew who he was aiming at, by way of gamers being extra trustworthy of their evaluation of the match and their efficiency.
“I really look forward to the day players might say what’s honestly on their mind. Instead we some how dumbed ourselves and our minds into saying the usual safe thing, lose the next game, smile and then repeat that nonsense again,” Steyn wrote on Twitter (now X).
Mumbai Indians had a poor begin with the bat, shedding three wickets in the powerplay however recovered nicely via the Nehal Wadhera-Tilak Varma partnership, solely to surrender benefit in the finish as they ended up 20-25 runs wanting rating. While bowling, Mumbai Indians had a shocker of a day in the subject, lacking a few catches, floor fielding being poor and a few of the choices weren’t aggressive and the Royals chased 180 runs down with none discomfort.
After the match, Hardik mentioned, “Overall, we did not put the right foot on the park and eventually they outplayed us. After the game, it’s not the right time to go to the players, everyone is professional, they know their roles. What we can do is learn from this game and the mistakes which we have made, rectify it and make sure that we don’t make it. Progression is very important.”
