"Hardik Pandya Looks Flattened, Drained": T20 WC Winning Captain's Hard Take On MI Skipper

India vice-captain Hardik Pandya looks drained, flattened, under pressure and Mumbai Indians looks like a confused unit under him, reckons former cricketers Aaron Finch and Greame Smith as five-time champions continue to struggle in the IPL. Pandya once again walked out to loud boos around the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday during Mumbai Indians' yet another disappointing outing, which they lost by 24 runs to Kolkata Knight Riders.

Mumbai Indians had begun the contest on a positive note by snaffling five quick wickets to leave KKR reeling at 57 for five, but the visitors fought back to post 169 on the board.

In reply, Mumbai crashed out for 145 in 18.5 overs despite Suryakumar Yadav's 56.

Pandya lasted only two deliveries as Mumbai's batters once again cut a sorry figure on a two-paced track to succumb to their eighth defeat in 11 matches this season.

"He just looks really flattened at the moment, he looks really drained and someone who is feeling the pressure. I feel for him; I have been in that situation myself where everything that you're trying personally doesn't seem to be working," Finch was quoted as saying by Star Sports.

"When the team isn't performing as well, that is a very difficult place to be. It one thing where you're not performing and the team is winning — that is something you'd take as a captain. You bear all responsibility as captain for the team's performance and that is an incredibly hard place to be, particularly in this competition where it's so brutal," Finch added.

The former Australia opener conceded Mumbai Indians should have got over the line chasing 170 at a ground considered a haven for batters.

"You would expect them to chase 170 with the dew falling at the Wankhede stadium. It's a