Mumbai Indians are currently ranked last in the 10 teams table due to lower net run rate than CSK
Mumbai Indians are currently ranked last in the 10 teams table due to lower net run rate than CSK
Mumbai Indians’ woes worsened when five-time champions Chennai Super Kings lost their fourth match on the fly as Royal Challengers Bangalore registered an easy seven-wicket win in an IPL match. on 9 April.
It was Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 68 that gave Mumbai Indians a respectable total of 151 for 6, but it was never enough as young Anuj Rawat (66 off 47 balls) scored his maiden IPL half-century, helping the team win. Reached the target in just 18.3. over.
He took 50 for the opening stand with captain Faf du Plessis (16) and two fifty for the second wicket with former captain and his West Delhi Cricket Academy senior Virat Kohli (48 off 36 balls) to seal the issue. shared more than
Rawat scored at a decent strike-rate without rolling one and had two fours and six sixes in his kitty.
Mumbai Indians are currently ranked last in the 10-team table due to a lower net run-rate than CSK, but the road to redemption is getting tougher with each passing match.
Be it skipper Rohit’s lean patch or a poor sentimental call by the MI management to retain a non-performing asset like Kieron Pollard for a season, there are a lot of loopholes that need plugging.
The next set of young batsmen is getting ready, but the current attack, with Murugan Ashwin, Basil Thampi and Jaydev Unadkat bowling at least 12 overs out of 20, doesn’t give the credence that it’s really a silverware. may be a side.
If MI is in trouble, it is because of the decisions taken before and during the auction. Retaining Pollard and letting go of all-rounder Hardik Pandya is coming back to haunt him. So is the decision not to bid aggressively for the likes of Krunal Pandya or Trent Boult or Rahul Chahar.
Earlier, after a scintillating start from Rohit and Ishan Kishan, the indomitable Suryakumar suffered an inexplicable batting collapse before giving MI a total glimpse of honour.
For RCB, Harshal Patel was brilliant with his variations (2/23 in 4 overs) as most of the MI batsmen had no idea about his slow deliveries, mainly with occasional loopy block-hole balls. There were off-cutters that flowed.
MI scored 50 for no loss after the powerplay, but were reduced to 62 for five in the next four overs with the loss of five wickets and the latter 79 for six with his 15th IPL half-century before Suryakumar (5×4, 6×6). Took them to a good clan.
Suryakumar took charge with MI at 79 for 6 and added 72 off 41 balls with Jaydev Unadkat (13 off 14 balls).
For Rohit (26 off 15 balls), this IPL so far has been all about playing some breathtaking shots but failed to score a big total as Harshal’s slow off-cutter scored 26 runs before making the move.
The Indian skipper could not check his stroke after hitting four boundaries and a six as the bowler took a smart return catch.
Playing the second fiddle, Kishan (26 off 28 balls) attempted to use Bengal pacer Akash Deep’s pace to play a ramp shot as he was caught in the third man area.
Dewald Brevis (8 off 11 balls) found it difficult to negotiate the wrist spin of Wanindu Hasaranga (2/28 in four overs) and was rapped on the back-pad.
Tilak Verma’s first real failure was due to a miscommunication with Pollard, which resulted in a run out and the big West Indies were fooled by a Hasaranga googly.
Rookie Ramandeep Singh then hung his bat at wide slow to end Harshal’s 12-ball knock.
Harshal deftly changed the pace of his hand regularly so that the balls started flowing which deceived the batsmen.
A six off Hasranga over deep mid-wicket and a nearly 100m slog flick from Mohammad Siraj (4-0-51-0) was a complete treat for the eyes as Suryakumar smashed a six for 23. last over.
Scoreboard:
Mumbai Indians innings: Ishan Kishan c Siraj b Akash Deep 26 Rohit Sharma c and b Harshal Patel 26 Devald Brevis lbw bw Hasaranga 8 Suryakumar Yadav not out 68 Tilak Verma run out (Maxwell) 0 Kieron Pollard lbw bw Hasaranga 0 Ramandeep Singh c Karthik b Harshal Patel 6 Jaydev Unadkat 13 not out
Excessive: (Bl-2, W-1, Nb-1) 4
Total: (6 wickets, for 20 overs) 151
Fall of wickets: 50-1, 60-2, 62-3, 62-4, 62-5, 79-6
Bowler: David Willey 2-0-8-0, Mohammad Siraj 4-0-51-0, Vanindu Hasaranga 4-0-28-2, Akash Deep 4-1-20-1, Harshal Patel 4-0-23-2, Shahbaz Ahmed 2-0-19-0.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis c Suryakumar Yadav b Unadkat 16 Anuj Rawat run out (Ramandeep Singh) 66 Virat Kohli lbw b Dewald Brevis 48 Dinesh Karthik not out 7 Glenn Maxwell not out 8
Excessive: (LB-4, W-3) 7
Total: (3 wickets, for 18.3 overs) 152
Fall of wickets: 50-1, 130-2, 144-3
Bowler: Basil Thampi 4-1-29-0, Jaydev Unadkat 4-0-30-1, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-31-0, Murugan Ashwin 3-0-26-0, Kieron Pollard 3-0-24-0, Dewald Brevis 0.3-0-8-1.