Captain Hardik Pandya points finger after MI’s defeat against LSG… cricket news

After his team’s 4-wicket defeat against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya said that it is important for them to recover after losing early wickets. It was difficult. Pandya performed poorly while batting and was out for a golden duck off the bowling of Naveen-ul-Haq in the sixth over of the first innings. However. While bowling, the captain took two wickets in his four over spell and gave 26 runs at an economy rate of 6.50.

Speaking after the match, Pandya said that his team failed to see and hit the ball. He said there were a lot of things to learn from their match against LSG.

The captain praised Nehal Wadhera and said that the 23-year-old will play a lot of IPLs in the future and represent India.

Vadhera scored 46 runs in 41 balls at a strike rate of 112.20 against LSG. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes during his time at the crease.

“I think it’s difficult to recover from losing early wickets and today we couldn’t do that. You still have to see the ball and hit it. We just missed those balls and got out, that’s the way it is now. The season we have seen so far, I have always believed that you will move forward, you just have to give your all, I think it has been fantastic, he (Vadhera) did that last year also, he has got the first Didn’t get chances (in the tournament), but he will play a lot of IPL and eventually (represent) India,” Pandya said.

Recap of the match, LSG won the toss and opted to field first. Mumbai Indians did not perform well from the beginning and lost four wickets for 27 runs within the powerplay. Nehal Wadhera (46), Ishan Kishan (32) and Tim David (35*) tried their best, but could only take their team to 144/7 in 20 overs.

Mohsin Khan (2/36) was the best bowler for Australia, while Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Yadav, Naveen Ul Haq and Stoinis got one wicket each.

Chasing the target of 145 runs, LSG also faced a tough challenge from the MI bowlers and lost wickets at regular intervals. Stoinis’s innings of 62 runs off 45 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes proved to be enough to give LSG a four-wicket win with four balls and four wickets to spare.

After this win, LSG is in third place with six wins and four losses, giving it 12 points. Meanwhile, MI are in ninth place with three wins, seven losses and six points.

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