New Delhi. Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene admitted that his team lost badly in the IPL match in front of the brilliant batting of Rajasthan Royals openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He said that the bowlers did not keep the right line and length, even Jasprit Bumrah missed some length. In this rain affected match, Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by 27 runs. Due to the stormy batting of Jaiswal and Suryavanshi, Rajasthan scored 150 runs for three wickets in 11 overs. In reply, Mumbai Indians team could score only 123 runs for nine wickets. This was the second consecutive defeat for Mumbai Indians, who started the season with a win against Kolkata Knight Riders. Jayawardene said after the match, our performance was not good and we have to work on it. We had made our strategy but could not implement it properly. Suryavanshi and Jaiswal are batting very well. We were aware of the danger, especially when the overs were reduced due to rain, because in such a situation there is freedom to bat aggressively from the beginning. He said, the first four-five overs were very important for us. I think we deviated from our length and line. He batted very well. Jayawardene said that even a bowler like Bumrah had to struggle against the aggressive attitude of both the Rajasthan openers, who together scored 80 runs in the first five overs. Jaiswal scored unbeaten 77 runs on 32 balls and Suryavanshi scored 39 runs on 14 balls. He said, I think we all knew Suryavanshi’s talent since last year. Bumrah probably missed a little length and Suryavanshi took advantage of it. It remains to be seen how he improves his performance. But they thrashed our bowlers badly. Jayawardene said, Jaiswal’s innings was also very important. He scored a lot of runs in the first three overs and lasted till the end.
