New Delhi. Mumbai Indians have always been full of stars since the inception of IPL. This team also won the maximum 5 IPL titles. But this season Mumbai Indians have proved to be the worst team ever. The team has faced defeat in each of the 6 matches played so far. In the match held on Saturday also, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Mumbai by 18 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma’s bat is also silent this time. So far he has not been able to score a big score, on the one hand the team is troubled by the defeat and on the other hand the Mumbai team has been fined twice due to slow over rate. Now if Mumbai makes this mistake even once in a season, then it may have to bear a big brunt. This time the most successful and strong team of IPL has not yet opened the account of victory. Captain Rohit Sharma is also very upset about this. During the match, other players including captain Rohit Sharma were also fined due to slow over rate. Twice this season, Mumbai have delayed bowling overs within the stipulated time, due to which captain Rohit Sharma was fined 24 lakhs and the rest of the team players 6 lakhs or 25 percent of the match fee, whichever is less.
Now here it becomes necessary to know about the rules related to slow over rate, due to which the sword of ban on Hitman is hanging. Actually, according to the rules of slow over rate, if the team commits a mistake for the first time, then the captain is fined Rs 12 lakh. For the second time, the captain is fined Rs 24 lakh and the players involved in the playing 11 are fined Rs 6 lakh or 25 percent of the match fee (whichever is less). Rohit Sharma has been fined twice. Now they have no chance left. For the third time, the team captain is fined Rs 30 lakh and one match is banned. Apart from this, players involved in playing 11 are fined 12 lakhs or 50 percent of the match fee.
Looking at the current state of the points table, Mumbai will now have to win all their eight matches to avoid elimination and it seems impossible considering their weak bowling. The only positive that has been the only positive for Mumbai this season is the batting of baby AB Dewald Brevis. He did not spare any bowler in the match he played against Punjab. So Mumbai Indians and Rohit Sharma are going through a very bad phase at the moment, now they need to keep winning continuously.