IPL 2026 | ‘We have been quite poor’: Hardik Pandya’s blunt verdict on Mumbai Indians’ IPL campaign cricket news
New Delhi: Disappointment on Captain hardik pandyaHis face was clearly visible, a major reason behind which is proving to be poor fielding. Mumbai IndiansDefeat against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Wednesday.After MI scored 147/8 in 20 overs, they had a few chances on the field but failed to capitalize on them. The frustration reached its peak in the 10th over when KKR’s Rovman Powell hit a pull shot off Hardik Pandya.Deepak Chahar at fine leg looked set to take the catch, but he left it to Robin Minz coming in from deep square leg and the ball eventually fell safely between the two fielders.“(What was going on in the field?) I don’t know. I think throughout the season, we’ve been pretty bad fielding. I think we dropped a lot of catches, obviously nobody wants to do that. But in that part of the game, I think there is nothing to hide,” Pandya said after the match.He said, “I think if you get chances, if you want to win the game, you have to convert all the chances, even half chances. But yes, when you give up chances that can change the game, it is always that you are chasing the game.”Kolkata Knight Riders stayed alive in the playoff race with a crucial four-wicket win as the Sunil Narine-led bowling attack once again performed well on the difficult surface at Eden Gardens.Needing a win to stay in the competition, KKR put up a disciplined effort to restrict the already-eliminated five-time champions to 147/8. Ajinkya Rahane Won the toss and decided to field.This is the third instance of Pandya losing four consecutive matches as captain in the IPL.“(Were you about 20 runs short?) Yes, I mean, quite amusing. Certainly as a batting group, we were 20 runs short. I think we lost a lot of wickets in the powerplay, but if Tilak and I had stayed longer, and we had made a few more partnerships and got 15-20 runs, I think we would have had a good chance,” Pandya said.
