Hardik Pandya Mumbai Indians: In IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians had to face defeat by 6 runs against Gujarat Titans in their first match. Even under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, the fortunes of Mumbai Indians could not change even in the opening match of IPL. In this match, Hardik won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Gujarat gave Mumbai a target of 169 runs, in response to which Mumbai team could score only 162 runs. After losing the match, captain Hardik Pandya has supported a star player of Mumbai Indians. Let us know about it.
The team had to score 42 runs in the last five overs.
Mumbai Indians needed 42 runs in the last five overs to win. But the team’s batsmen could not perform well. For this reason the team had to face defeat. Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya said that obviously we backed ourselves to chase those 42 runs, but it was one of those days when we saw that the score was much lower than it was in five overs, I think. That we lost a little bit of momentum there.
Supported this player
Hardik Pandya said that it feels good to be back because this is a stadium where you can enjoy and feel the atmosphere quite alive. There is a crowd of fans in the stadium and they have also got a good match. On Tilak Verma not taking a single against Rashid Khan, Hardik said that I think at that time Tilak felt that it was a better idea. I fully support him. No problem, still 13 games left.
Losing the first match since 2013
Mumbai Indians team has never won the first match in IPL since 2013. Even under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, the team could not end this wait. The Mumbai team last won its first match in the IPL season in 2012. But the thing to note here is that Mumbai has won the IPL trophy five times. She has been alive since 2013.
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