Coach Mahela Jayawardene’s reaction on the poor performance of Mumbai Indians, blamed these two legends as the reason for the defeat.

Mumbai Indians IPL 2026 Performance: Indian Premier League (IPL) 202 was a very bad one for Mumbai Indians (MI). The team is at ninth position on the points table and is going to play its last match of the season against Rajasthan Royals today. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians head Mahela Jayawardene spoke to the media. Where he talked about the poor performance of the team.

Mumbai Indians had relied on experienced players Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah to lead the way towards their sixth title, especially the Indian pacer, who played a key role in the country’s victory in the ICC Men’s World Cup earlier this year, but Bumrah failed to live up to MI’s expectations.

No runs came from Rohit’s bat

At the same time, Rohit Sharma, the most successful batsman and captain of IPL, was expected to give a great start to MI, and he started his campaign by scoring a half-century in the first match itself, but then injury spoiled all the work. Rohit remained out of IPL for three weeks due to injury, during which his absence in the team was clearly visible.

Jayawardene told what is going on with these two experienced players. He said that both are suffering from minor injuries and problems, which has affected their performance. Due to injury concerns, Rohit could not play many matches and was able to score only 283 runs in 8 matches. The former MI captain was diagnosed with a hamstring injury. There were occasions when this legendary player was put on the bench and called ‘Impact Sub’. Used as.

Rohit understands the needs of the team

Jayawardene said that the playing eleven is decided keeping many things in mind. It is seen what will be best for the team on that particular day. He further said that Rohit Sharma understands this and accepts it.

Jayawardene said, to be honest, when I am choosing the team for Mumbai Indians, I do not think about the Indian team or their needs. I make the team, and Rohit understands that he is a ‘team player’ Are. They understand what is important for Mumbai Indians, and we proceed accordingly. Yes, he had a hamstring injury. We gave them the time they needed to recover, and then they came back. We were also very careful about his batting and his running style, because he had to get back into rhythm slowly, step by step.

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Bumrah did not get rest after the World Cup

Regarding Bumrah, Jayawardene said that after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in February-March this year, the fast bowler did not get enough time to recover. Bumrah has taken only four wickets in 13 matches for MI. Jayawardene said this happened due to a combination of some things. He had a little injury after returning from the T20 World Cup, with which he played the World Cup, so we gave him a lot of rest to make his comeback.