After the 7-wicket defeat to Punjab Kings, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya spoke openly about his team's performance in the post-match presentation. He vented his anger on his players, giving the reason for the team's defeat. After the match, Hardik admitted that his team fell short by 20 runs given the nature of the wicket.
Hardik Pandya told the reason for MI's defeat.
Actually, after the defeat to the Punjab Kings, Hardik Pandya said that according to the type of wicket, we were 20 runs behind. It happens.
He admitted that his team could not perform their best, due to which they had to face defeat. Regarding this, he said,
"We are playing good cricket. We have won five trophies, it has always been difficult. Our bowling was not clinical. They played good shots. We just want to play good cricket going forward."
Hardik stressed that his team failed to capitalize on the opportunities in the early or middle overs. He said, "We could have taken advantage either in the beginning or in the middle, we will sort it out. As a bowling unit, they were not that accurate and bowled some balls which the Punjab Kings batsmen took advantage of.
What did Pandya say about Mumbai's batting?
When Hardik was asked during the post-match presentation whether the batting got better in the second half, Hardik said that he did not think there was much difference. He praised the batsmen of the Punjab team, especially the second wicket partnership of Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis and said that they took advantage of their mistakes.
Mumbai team out of top-2
After the win over Mumbai, the Punjab Kings team reached the top of the points table. With this, they have confirmed their place in Qualifier 1 and they can finish at number one.
After this defeat, the Mumbai Indians team is out of the top 2 race. Mumbai's team is limited to 16 points. They will now have to play the eliminator.
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