Mumbai, 18 May (HS). After his team's disappointing 18-run defeat against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya said that he did not want good quality cricket on Friday. Played.
Hardik scored 16 runs in 13 balls at a strike rate of 123.08 while chasing the target of 215 runs given by LSG.
Match Hardik said that his team failed to deliver quality performances in IPL 2024 and that led to them losing a season. He said it was too early to tell what went wrong for MI.
“Pretty tough,” he said. Couldn't play good quality cricket, ultimately cost us the entire season. It's a professional world. Always have to come forward and do your best. But yes, as a group we could not play quality cricket or smart cricket. It's too early to say what went wrong the entire season. “We can pass this game off as another game.”
Talking about the match, in this match LSG batted first and won 20 overs thanks to the excellent half-centuries of Nicholas Pooran (29 balls, 75 runs, 5 fours, 8 sixes) and KL Rahul (41 balls, 55 runs, 3 fours, 3 sixes). Scored 214 runs for 6 wickets.
In reply, Mumbai team could score only 196 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 18 runs. For Mumbai, Rohit Sharma (68 runs from 38 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) and Naman Dhir (62 runs not out from 28 balls, 4 fours and 5 sixes) scored brilliant half-centuries.