Chennai Super Kings easily defeated Mumbai Indians in the second round also. In the match held in Chepauk on Saturday, Mumbai batted first and scored 159 runs. Hardik Pandya completely failed in the role of finisher, he scored only 18 runs in 23 balls at a strike rate of 78. Pandya was not even able to connect the ball well. After the match, Pandya said that CSK was better than him in every area.
After the defeat of Mumbai Indians, when the presenter asked him, ‘Today was not a good day for you?’ So Hardik Pandya said, “I think the whole season has not been good for us.” Pandya praised Chennai Super Kings and said, “They played better cricket. Their batting, bowling and fielding, all were good.”
Mumbai Indians had scored 100 runs in 11 overs, it was expected that the team could add 100 more runs from here but in the end Mumbai Indians could not score runs. Hardik Pandya himself was seen struggling, scoring only 18 runs in 23 balls. Pandya said, “At one time we were moving towards scoring 180-190 runs. After 10 overs, we could not maintain the rhythm, nor could we finish the innings.”
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Pandya further said, “It is not easy to play shots at the beginning of the innings. The point was to play the innings thoughtfully, which CSK did well. The batsmen could not dominate the ball, their bowling was better. We had to bowl fast balls to get them out. We tried our bowling options, they played intelligent cricket and proved to be better.”
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Where is MI in the marks table?
Even if Mumbai Indians win the remaining 5 matches, they will be able to reach maximum 14 points only. Although in history the team with 14 points has also reached the playoffs, but this time it is very difficult to create such an equation. Mumbai is considered to be out of the race for the playoffs.
