Mumbai Indians: “Five times won the cup. Played very little in previous seasons. This time the dust settles. Breaks out like a damaged bumblebee. Definitely will win the cup. It will create a new history by winning the IPL trophy for the sixth time”. Before the start of IPL.. these are the hopes of the Mumbai team. But, those hopes were ignored by the players of Mumbai team.. If the management of Mumbai team made half mistake by giving captaincy from Rohit Sharma to Harthik Pandya.. divided into factions.. not playing well.. players completed the other half mistake. As a result, Mumbai Indians exited the tournament like an anonymous team. If the Mumbai team lost by 24 runs in the match against the Kolkata team on Friday night at their home ground, it can be understood how the players of that team behaved.
Mumbai team played 11 matches in this season. Having won only three matches, they are still at the 9th position in the points table. In fact, the Mumbai team had an impossible victory over the Kolkata team at home. It has maintained that record for the past 12 years. But the Kolkata team led by Iyer broke that record with Friday's match. Mumbai started the match on a high note.. then lost their grip.. and got proud at the hands of Kolkata. Despite having players like Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Tilak Verma and Vadera, the batting of the Mumbai team is not strong at all.. The severity of the situation can be understood. Even if there is a player like Surya Kumar, there is no other player in the Mumbai team who can lend a helping hand to him. Therefore, the match against Kolkata on Friday night went from winning to losing.
Mumbai team's play off hopes are almost over after the defeat against Kolkata. Because that team has already played 11 matches. The rest of the matches should be won by a huge margin. Looking at the current form of the Mumbai team players, there is no chance of it being fulfilled.. Thinking about the results of other teams is like swimming the Godavari by holding the tail of a dog. Broadly speaking, everything has been a stumbling block for the Mumbai team this season. Ever since the change of captain it has been standing as a hindrance to the team's success in some form or another. Management failed to realize this. As a result, the Mumbai team is in the situation of exiting at the league stage itself with this season's terrible performance.
