IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians faced their third consecutive defeat of IPL 2024 under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. Mumbai lost the third match against Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets at its home ground Wankhede Stadium. Till now Hardik’s captaincy has proved to be a failure for MI. Before Hardik became the captain, the fans were already angry and now the poor performance of the team has made them more angry. So after scoring a hat-trick of defeats, whom did the Mumbai captain hold responsible? Let us know.
Wicket was unexpected
After the match, Hardik Pandya said, “Yes, a difficult night, we did not get the start we wanted. I wanted to do counterattack, we were in a good position to make 150-160, but my wicket gave a chance them to come back. I needed to do a lot more. Okay, we didn’t expect such a wicket, but you can’t always be a batsman, sometimes it’s good for the bowlers to make their point.”
Easy win for Rajasthan
In the match played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai team, which came to bat first, could score only 125 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. The team’s first three batsmen fell victim to golden ducks, which included Rohit Sharma, Naman Dheer and Dewald Bresvis. In the team, only captain Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma had crossed the 30-run mark. Hardik scored 34 runs and Tilak scored 32 runs. Then chasing the target, Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets in 15.3 overs.