IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya finally admitted his mistake, said a big thing

• This tournament has not been good for Hardik Pandya so far
  
• MI faced a crushing defeat against Rajasthan
  
• Hardik Pandya admitted his mistake after the defeat
  

This tournament has not been good so far for Hardik Pandya, who is captaining Mumbai Indians in the new season of the Indian Premier League. The team, which had achieved a winning streak after the first three defeats, had to face defeat once again. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya admitted after the crushing 9-wicket defeat against Rajasthan Royals on Monday that both his batsmen and bowlers failed to get a good start in the match.

Great batting by Yashasvi Jaiswal

Chasing Mumbai's target of 180 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 104 runs and along with Jos Buttler (35) and captain Sanju Samson (38 not out from 28 balls, two sixes, two fours) added 74 runs for the first wicket. Add runs. Both of them made an unbroken partnership of 109 runs for the second wicket. Royals won by scoring 183 runs for one wicket with eight balls remaining. Jaiswal hit 9 fours and 7 sixes in his innings of 60 balls.

Tilak-Vadhera took charge

After a bad start, Mumbai Indians scored 179 runs for 9 wickets with the help of Tilak Verma's half-century (65 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours in 45 balls) and 99 run partnership for the 5th wicket with Nihal Vadera (49). Make it. For Royals, Sandeep Sharma bowled his career best and took 5 wickets for 18 runs. Trent Boult supported him well by taking two wickets for 32 runs.

Hardik Pandya admitted his mistake

Pandya said after the match, “We were in trouble in the beginning but the way Tilak and Nihal played was brilliant. We did not end the innings as expected and hence we scored 10 to 15 runs less. In bowling we had to keep the ball on the stumps but in the power play we bowled it away from the body. It was not our best day on the field. We did not perform our best. Everyone knows their role, we need to correct our mistakes and not repeat them.