A day after suffering yet another heartbreaking loss in IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya stressed that they will continue to keep the fight going despite suffering fourth defeat in five matches this season.
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Mumbai Indians’ only win this season has come against Kolkata Knight Riders, losing the other four matches against Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants and on Monday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
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In a social media post, Pandya wrote, “We’ll keep going, we’ll keep pushing, we’ll keep fighting. There’s no other way this team knows how to play 💙”
On Monday MI went down by 12 runs against RCB, unable to scale the 222-run target despite the flourish by Tilak Varma and Pandya himself.
Meanwhile, Rajat Patidar-led RCB continued to defy narratives and breach fortresses as after beating five-time Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepauk after 17 years, they beat five-time champions Mumbai Indians at Wankhede for the first time in 10 overs.
“It was a run-fest. The wicket was really good. I was just talking about that to myself that again we fell short with two hits. I don’t have much to say. (Was 221 par or above-par?) The way the wicket was, the bowers didn’t really have much place to hide.
“It came down to execution. You can stop the batters, but I don’t want to be harsh on the bowlers. It was a tough track; we did not have many options. (No. 3 position) The original skeleton of our team, Naman, was always batting down the order,” Hardik Pandya said in the post-match presentation.
Pandya also spoke about the return of Jasprit Bumrah who took the field after a gap of three months. The seamer went wicketless in his four overs, giving away 29 runs at an economy of 7.25.
“Having him (Bumrah) makes any team in the world very special. He came in and did his job; we were very happy to have him. In life, never back down, and always see the positive side of it. Go out there, try to play the best cricket of your life and back yourself. We are all backing them, just hope for the result to come our way,” Pandya concluded.
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