'We Lacked Awareness...': Hardik Pandya Takes Brutal Dig At MI Batters

Hardik blames batters for MI loss [IPLT20] Hardik blames batters for MI loss [IPLT20]

In match No. 43 of the Indian Premier League, Delhi Capitals won the match against Mumbai Indians by 10 runs in a high-scoring thriller at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on April 27, 2024. 

Earlier in the match, Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first but the bowlers were completely exposed after Jake Fraser-McGurk (84 runs off 27 balls) and Tristan Stubbs (48* runs in 25 balls) blazed Delhi Capitals to a score of 257/4.

Mumbai Indians got to a shaky start while chasing the target and scored 60 runs in the powerplay but lost the wickets of opener Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and power-hitter Suryakumar Yadav. 

MI captain Hardik Pandya scored 46 off 24 balls and tried his best to chase down the target. Tilak Verma and Tim David put up a standing partnership of 70 runs in 29 balls but this was a little too late. 

Hardik Pandya & Co finished with a score of 247/9 and thus lost by 10 runs. 


Hardik Pandya 'Brutal Dig' On MI Batters 

After facing defeat against DC, Hardik Pandya indirectly blamed his batters for not keeping up to the expectations. He expressed himself and stated that when Axar Patel was bowling it was important to take chances and play power-hitting cricketer. 

He indirectly blamed Tilak Verma for playing his innings slow and not taking that extra effort to target left-arm bowler Axar Patel. 

The MI captain also praised DC youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk and stated that he played with maturity and exactly knew which balls to target and which bowlers to attack. 

This game is becoming more and more closer. First, things were happening in a couple of overs. Nowadays, the game is changing in a couple of balls. I will pinpoint a couple of overs where we could have taken chances in the middle. To be honest, when Axar Patel was bowling, he was a left-armer, and our left-handed batters could have taken an extra chance and targeted him. Unfortunately, we lacked awareness. Jake Fraser-McGurk was brilliant. He batted with maturity and knew exactly which balls to attack. Hardik Said.

Mumbai Indians are placed in 9th position in the points table and have and have faced defeat in 6 matches out of 9. Pandya & Co will play their next fixture against Lucknow Super Giants on April 30, 2024.