Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya admitted his side needs to introspect and build momentum after losing to Royal Challengers Bengaluru fair and square in an IPL match here on Sunday.
He acknowledged that playing catch-up rather than setting the pace is not helping their campaign.
Chasing a mammoth 240 for 4 after half-centuries from Phil Salt, Virat Kohli and skipper Rajat Patidar, MI were restricted to 222 for 5 despite Sherfane Rutherford’s pyrotechnics, as he scored an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
“I think we conceded way too many (runs) as well. I think that was always going to be catch-up. I think in the last couple of games, as a bowling unit or even as a batting unit, we’ve been catching up in the game rather than leading the game,” said Pandya after MI’s third loss of the season, which saw them slump to eighth on the points table.
RCB, on the other hand, maintained their third position on the table with three wins from four matches.
He admitted that the team’s plans weren’Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya admitted his side needs to introspect and build momentum after losing to Royal Challengers Bengaluru fair and square in an IPL match here on Sunday.
He acknowledged that playing catch-up rather than setting the pace is not helping their campaign.
Chasing a mammoth 240 for 4 after half-centuries from Phil Salt, Virat Kohli and skipper Rajat Patidar, MI were restricted to 222 for 5 despite Sherfane Rutherford’s pyrotechnics, as he scored an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
“I think we conceded way too many (runs) as well. I think that was always going to be catch-up. I think in the last couple of games, as a bowling unit or even as a batting unit, we’ve been catching up in the game rather than leading the game,” said Pandya after MI’s third loss of the season, which saw them slump to eighth on the points table.
RCB, on the other hand, maintained their third position on the table with three wins from four matches.
He admitted that the team’s plans weren’ Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]