Three times IPL winners – Mumbai Indians once again came very close to winning their first game of this season but failed.
Having lost all three games in a row now, the skipper Rohit Sharma looked gutted at the post-game event.
With 11 to defend in the last over, Mustafizur Rahman was taken for ten runs in his first two balls. In-form Jason Roy went for a slog but missed the next three deliveries to get the equation down to one off one.
Delhi Daredevils’ skipper Gautam Gambhir was pumped up and why not. They finally crossed the line after a close finish in the last game.
Gambhir though, couldn’t do well with the bat. The opener perished for just 15. But he will be pleased to see his opening partner Roy firing.
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“Boult, Shami, tremendous effort, we thought they were going to get 230, we restricted them to 190. We thought they were 20-30 runs short. That itself was positive. He’s (Roy) a class player. We’re a dangerous side if we keep going like that.” Gambhir said.
Rohit gutted to lose three in a row
His opposite number – Rohit though rued the missed opportunities. At the toss, Rohit had said it is important to win the small moments and he will be disappointed not to have done better.
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“Disappointed not to finish one of those three games,” Rohit said.
He also credited Roy for his match-winning knock of unbeaten 91. Rohit said they could have opted for slower bowlers.
“It was a slower pitch; we could have used the slower ball. Credit to Jason, chanceless innings. Games like this happen. Very good start, couldn’t capitalize in the last five overs. We are not consistent in terms of how we want to take the innings through, not able to finish off games. We’ll learn from this and come back. There is room for improvement with our fielding.” he added.
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