IPL 2021- RCB beat MI: SuryaKumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard’s Poor show continues– Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was completely hurt as they slipped to 7th place in IPL 2021. He addressed that the batting department was the main reason behind Mumbai’s third consecutive failure in Phase 2. Follow IPL 2021 live updates on insidesport.co and live streaming on Star Sports & Hotstar.
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The Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma said, “Thought it was a fantastic bowling effort from us. At one stage they looked like scoring 180-plus. Batters let us down. That’s been something that’s been happening consistently (losing their way with the bat). Have had a good chat with the batters. Those who are in need to carry on.”
“They kept the pressure on us once a couple of wickets fell. Need to bounce back from whatever situation we’re in. We’ve done that in the past. Just not happening this season. He’s a talented player (Ishan Kishan). He’s had a terrific IPL last year. We want to back his natural game which is why he came up the order above Surya. Don’t want to put too much pressure on the guy. Relatively young, making his way in international cricket,” he added.
MI have now lost three consecutive matches this season.
The last time when they lost three consecutive matches in an IPL season, they failed to qualify for the playoffs. (2018)#MIvRCB
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IPL 2021- RCB beat MI: SuryaKumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard’s Poor show continues, Rohit Sharma says, ‘Batters let us down’ as Mumbai Indians slip to 7th spot
| TEAMS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHENNAI SUPER KINGS | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.069 | ||
| DELHI CAPITALS | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.711 | ||
| ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.359 | ||
| KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.322 | ||
| PUNJAB KINGS | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.271 | ||
| RAJASTHAN ROYALS | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.319 | ||
| MUMBAI INDIANS | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.551 | ||
| SUNRISERS HYDERABAD | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.637 |
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- The main reason behind MI’s loss was terrible performances from SuryaKumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard. Hardik Pandya also joined the list on Sunday.
- Mumbai Indians now need to win all their remaining matches to enter the playoffs.
- Hardik Pandya’s return could not save MI as the allrounder did not bowl a single over and couldn’t pass the test ahead of T20 World Cup.
- SuryaKumar Yadav, in particular, has managed figures of 3,5 and 8 in the last three matches.
- Ishan Kishan’s has also failed thrice and his last 3 scorecards read: 11, 14 and 9
- The duo has failed to repeat their recent success in IPL 2021 and the development comes as a big headache for India ahead of T20 World Cup.
- Kieron Pollard has also failed to lift MI in challenging situations, he has scored 15, 21 and 7 runs respectively.
- Even though Rohit Sharma didn’t take names, the above three players are a major reason for the downfall of defending champions Mumbai Indians. The batting department has been solely dependent on Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock.
- Meanwhile, Krunal Pandya has failed to contribute with the bat after going wicketless in three straight matches. The number of required victories could come down to 3 if the battles heat up in the middle portion of the points table.
MI’s SuryaKumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard in the last 3 matches
vs CSK
- SuryaKumar Yadav- 3(7)
- Ishan Kishan- 11(10)
- Kieron Pollard- 15(14)
- Krunal Pandya- 4(5)
vs KKR
- SuryaKumar Yadav- 5(10)
- Ishan Kishan- 14(13)
- Kieron Pollard- 21(15)
- Krunal Pandya- 12(9)
vs RCB
- SuryaKumar Yadav- 8(9)
- Ishan Kishan- 9(12)
- Kieron Pollard- 7(10)
- Hardik Pandya- 3(6)
- Krunal Pandya- 5(11)
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