Who is the culprit of Mumbai Indians’ most embarrassing defeat? Captain Hardik Pandya blamed him
MI’s Biggest Defeat: In the 33rd match of IPL played on Thursday at Wankhede Stadium, Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 103 runs. This is Mumbai’s most embarrassing defeat till date by a margin of runs, which is going to sting them for many years. At the same time, captain Hardik Pandya has blamed his opening batsmen for the defeat against CSK. Pandya says that his team could not get the start it needed in the powerplay.
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“I think in the powerplay, it is always difficult to lose early wickets. You always fall behind in the match and after that we could not recover,” Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said after the fifth defeat in IPL 2026. Was there any change in pitch? On this question, Pandya said, “I would not say that. I am not one to say that. He batted well, he scored 207 runs. The pitch was the same, the soil was the same. We should have just batted well.”
Did the spinners get a good grip on the ball, right? The Mumbai captain said, “Yes, I think our spinners also bowled very well. The only thing is that Sanju played a tremendous innings. Also, their batsmen kept coming in and contributed little by little and took the team to a good score. I think this score was quite good considering that pitch. To chase this score, we needed a good powerplay and the momentum should have been in our favor, but it did not happen.”
Will there be more changes in the team in the upcoming matches? Responding to this question, Pandya said, “I think we will discuss this again, make further strategy and decide what we have to do. We have a few days. We just have to see what best we can do.”
Let us tell you that in this match played on Thursday evening, Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first. After which, thanks to Sanju Samson’s unbeaten inning of 101 runs, Chennai Super Kings had scored 207 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response to which Mumbai Indians collapsed for 104 runs in 19 overs. During this period, the host team had a very bad start. The team had lost three wickets for 11 runs. After which Tilak Verma and Surya Kumar Yadav together took the team’s score to 84 runs. But as soon as Tilak was out, the fall of wickets started.
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