We did not start as we wanted: Pandya said- We have to show courage while remaining disciplined; Mumbai's third consecutive defeat

After Mumbai Indians (MI)'s third consecutive defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, team captain Hardik Pandya urged the team to show a lot of courage while remaining disciplined. In the match played on Monday at Wankhede Stadium, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Mumbai by six wickets.

This season, Hardik has become the new captain of Mumbai, he replaced Rohit who led the team to 5 titles. This is Mumbai's third consecutive defeat this season under his captaincy.

Under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians lost their third consecutive match.

I think I could have done better- Hardik
Captain Pandya said after the match, 'We didn't start the way we wanted. Tonight was difficult. But as a team we believe we can do better. But, we have to show a lot of courage while being a little more disciplined.

he adds, 'I think we were in a position to reach 150-160 runs at one time. But my wicket changed the game and put them in a better position in the match. I think I could have done better.'

Captain Hardik was out after playing an irresponsible shot
On Monday, Rajasthan won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mumbai scored 125 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan achieved the target of 126 runs in 15.3 overs.

After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Mumbai had a bad start. The team lost wickets continuously. Trent Boult sent Rohit Sharma and Naman Dheer to the pavilion in the very first over. Both could not even open an account. In the third over, Boult also got Dewald Brevis caught out on zero. All three players were out on the first ball each.

After the fall of early wickets, captain Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma took charge of the team. He also made a fifty partnership with Tilak but was out after playing an irresponsible shot against Chahal. After his wicket, Mumbai's batsmen could not score runs quickly and the team disintegrated. Hardik scored 34 runs.

Hardik Pandya (right) was caught out by Yuzvendra Chahal. He tried to hit a big shot on the third ball but was caught by Rovman Powell at long on.

Mumbai is at the last position in the points table.
Rajasthan Royals are on top after the end of 14 league matches in IPL. The team has won 3 out of 3 matches and currently has 6 points. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are at the last position after 3 losses in 3 matches. The team currently does not have any points.