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Crashing to their eighth straight loss of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, Mumbai Indians (MI) failed to get back to winning ways and were virtually knocked out of playoff contention on Sunday. Taking to Twitter, MI captain Rohit Sharma apologised to fans for this team's recent run of form and stated that "many sporting giants have gone through this phase."
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has called on his team's batting unit to take more "responsibility" after Sunday's 36-run defeat to Lucknow Super Giants stretched their winless run in the Indian Premier League to eight matches.
(Reuters) - Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma called on his team's batsmen to step up their game after Sunday's 36-run defeat by the Lucknow Super Giants stretched their winless run in the Indian Premier League to eight matches.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma called on his team's batsmen to step up their game after Sunday's 36-run defeat by the Lucknow Super Giants stretched their winless run in the Indian Premier League to eight matches.
Mumbai Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene has hinted at a few changes after repeated failures of the star-studded batting-line up and is also concerned about the drastic drop in form of star opener Ishan Kishan. Record five-time champions Mumbai Indians are enduring their worst run in IPL history having lost their first eight games including the one against Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday night.
Left-handed batter Ishan Kishan was picked up by Mumbai Indians in the IPL mega auction for a whopping Rs 15.25 crore and the franchise was expecting him to be at his best and help the Rohit Sharma-led side get off to good starts. However, after scoring 81 in the first game this season, Kishan has failed to get going and he is currently going through a slump in form. In eight matches so far, he has managed 199 runs with an average of 28.43. After Mumbai Indians' eighth straight loss this season, head coach Mahela Jayawardene said that Kishan has indeed struggled in the last few games and his performance is not what the team are "looking from him up at the top".
Skipper Rohit Sharma ran out of reasons for Mumbai Indians' losing streak which extended to eight games, accepting that shoddy batting has hurt the team and led to the disaster which the 2022 season has been for the five-time champions. Lucknow Super Giants beat MI by 36 runs with skipper KL Rahul scoring another hundred against his favourite side while Rohit's 39 was the top score for the home team.
Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) skipper KL Rahul credited the batting depth and the presence of several all-rounders in his squad for the win against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday. It is Lucknow's fifth win in eight matches of IPL 2022, which is their debut season. Rahul played a well-controlled knock, starting cautiously, building in the middle and exploding towards the end as he carried his bat through for an unbeaten 103, which helped LSG reach 168 for 6 in their second clash with Mumbai Indians this season.