IPL 2026 is no less than a nightmare for Mumbai Indians. The team has lost four consecutive matches. Captain Hardik Pandya is being criticized everywhere. Mumbai Indians could not defend 195 runs against Punjab Kings on Thursday. After the fourth consecutive defeat, captain Hardik Pandya said that now the time has come to take some tough decisions. Know here what the Mumbai captain said after the defeat against Punjab.
Mumbai Indians had scored 195 runs after playing first. In reply, Punjab Kings chased the target in the 17th over. After this defeat, Hardik Pandya said, honestly speaking, I do not have much to say. We need to sit down and think about where we are lagging behind. Be it individual players, the team, or our strategy and way of working. This will have to be fixed again.
Hardik Pandya indirectly held senior players like Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Tilak Verma responsible for this defeat. He said, “Now we have to see whether we need to take some tough decisions or we should move forward like this and try to reverse the situation. We have to take our own responsibility.”
The Mumbai captain gave credit to Punjab Kings for the victory and said, “Credit goes to Punjab Kings. The ball started swinging reverse. Dew also fell in the second innings. They defeated us. Their bowling and fielding were better than us.”
Let us tell you that Mumbai Indians started IPL 2026 with a win, but after this they have lost four consecutive matches. Now Mumbai Indians are at 9th position in the points table with one win in five matches.
