IPL 2022: It's just a matter of getting first win and finding spark, says Zaheer Khan

IPL's most successful franchise Mumbai Indians are struggling this season with four losses on the trot but their Director of Cricket Zaheer Khan feels it's just a matter finding that "one win" and missing "spark" to get their campaign back on track. Khan, however, is aware that a string of defeats may lead to self-doubt among the players. "There are still 11 league matches to go. We've got to get on a roll. You've seen in this tournament teams get on a losing roll or winning momentum. It's just a matter of (getting the) first win," Zaheer, a former India lead pacer, said. "At times you get tight as well, you start doubting yourselves in situations where the pressure is highest. So that is something we have to be aware of and look for that spark in the group," he said at the post-match conference after MI's seven-wicket defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Saturday.

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Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten 68 but his Mumbai Indians team fell to their fourth successive loss of this season's IPL as they went down to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday. The swashbuckling Suryakumar lifted Mumbai from 79-6 to 151-6 but the total barely tested Faf du Plessis' Bangalore

He said players who have been doing well despite the winless streak "need to carry the team and get us that win which is going to be very important". "Those back-to-back win is something which we have to see but not every day is going to be your day." Asked why Mumbai Indians, who have won the title five times in the past, have struggled early this season, Khan said his side have not been able to come out on top in "close situations". "You've got to be able to close