Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya on 1April urged his team to show a bit more “discipline” and “courage” to turn things around after suffering a third successive loss in the IPL 2024.
Asked to bat, MI were left tottering at 20 for 4 in the fourth over and they just couldn’t recover from the disastrous start, managing only 125 for nine in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals overhauled the target with 27 balls to spare for a six-wicket win. “We didn’t start the way we wanted to, tough night tonight,” Hardik told the broadcasters after the match.
“Results, sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t think much surprises me anymore. But as a group we believe we can pull off a lot of better things going forward and we just need to be more disciplined and show more courage.”
It was Hardik’s 21-ball 34 which pushed MI’s total. But things went downhill after he was sent back by Yuzvendra Chahal.
“I think we were in a decent position to give us a chance to get to 150 or 160 but I think my wicket changed the game and brought them more in the game and I think I could have done better,” he said.