The Indian Premier League has entered into an exciting phase. Last night, big teams like the Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru faced each other, where the Royal Challengers smashed the Mumbai Indians' bowlers and put on a humongous total of 240 runs. Last night’s pitch was a batting paradise, and the Mumbai Indians failed to stop the Bengaluru players, and as a result, they suffered their third consecutive loss by 18 runs and with that, RCB made their position strong at the top, while Mumbai Indians fell to number 7.
On paper, Mumbai Indians have one of the finest teams of this year, despite three straight losses, which have raised questions about their planning.
What went wrong for them?
Right from the start, the Mumbai Indians' bowling faced batting carnage in their first match. KKR smashed them; they were outplayed because of Vaibhab Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel’s carnage, and now Patidar and Phil Salt have given damage to their bowling.
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Despite having Bumrah, Boult, and Hardik Pandya, the Mumbai Indians have failed to stop runs as their other bowlers have not shown rhythm in the last three matches they played with four seamers. Mitchel Santner and the Afghan leggie have not really impressed so far. In the last match, Shardul Thakur conceded 32 runs in two overs, which is why the run leakage has not stopped, really.
Too many heads, too much planning
The Mumbai Indians have so many leaders in their team, and that mismanagement in the planning is very evident because of that; Mumbai as a team has not been able to execute the bowling as they wanted. Also, Mumbai’s middle order is going through a lack of form, and that is where they have failed to capitalise.
