The Mumbai Indians were defeated for the eighth time in the competition on Sunday, becoming them the only side in the tournament’s history to do so.
Despite Rohit Sharma’s 31-ball 39 on Sunday, Mumbai Indians continued to lose wickets at regular intervals, allowing Lucknow Super Giants to win the IPL 2022 game by 36 runs. The five-time champions were playing in front of a raucous Wankhede crowd, but they were defeated for the eighth time in the competition, becoming the first team in tournament history to do so.
While Mumbai’s skipper KL Rahul continued his dominance with his second century of the season, Dushmantha Chameera conceded only 14 runs in four overs to restrict Mumbai to 132 for eight. Krunal Pandya, a former Mumbai Indians all-rounder, also contributed three wickets for 19 runs. Mumbai’s chances of making the playoffs are all but dead, and Rohit blamed it on a terrible batting performance. The 34-year-old first baseman also discussed his team’s poor batting performance this season.
“I think we did quite well.” The pitch was fantastic for batting, but we didn’t bat well enough. We should’ve followed up on that. When you have a goal like that, you need collaboration, which we lacked. Some
There were a lot of careless shots, including mine. In the middle, they bowled well. In the tournament, we haven’t batted well. “You have to make sure one of the batters bats long, which we haven’t done in this tournament,” Rohit Sharma remarked after the defeat.
When asked about Tim David’s selection in the starting eleven, Rohit said the squad is attempting to provide a consistent run for its players without making too many changes. After Mumbai lost the first two games of the present 10-team competition, David, the Singapore batter, was dropped from the starting lineup.
“Given how our competition has gone, everyone has come into the discussion.” We need to make sure we have a stable team and give players in the middle an opportunity,” says the coach. When asked if Tim David could play a role, he answered, “There’s a chance.”When they play for their countries, their roles are different, and we expect something different from them here.” We attempted to avoid making too many modifications and to play the best possible combination.
‘However, you usually have similar debates when you lose games.’ In my opinion, people should be given many opportunities to demonstrate their worth. “Things happen,” Rohit continued, “and the season hasn’t gone the way we expected it to.”
With the win, Lucknow moved into a tie for second place with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, and Royal Challengers Bangalore with 10 points, two points behind Gujarat Titans.
Mumbai, on the other side, has yet to win a game. On Saturday, they will meet Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals.
