Mumbai Indians face tough road to playoffs after loss to Delhi Capitals
After losing their sixth match of the IPL 2024 season through a ten-run defeat to Delhi Capitals, five-time champions Mumbai Indians need to win their remaining matches if they are to secure a place in the playoffs. Big-hitting batter Tim David, admitted the favourable results need to come for his side after trying hard to improve each time.
"When you are not winning a lot of games, there comes execution issues. Every player in the squad wants to have a bigger contribution, especially in victories. That’s a source of disappointment and frustration for everyone in our team. We all want to challenge ourselves and perform better
"There wasn’t any extra pressure, but we're certainly disappointed in ourselves for not sitting in earlier (making a solid start to the run chase). We will reflect on what we did here — it’s a process we follow after each game. We're trying to improve each time, but now the results must come," said David in post-match press conference.
For MI, Tilak Varma’s 63, Hardik Pandya’s 46 and David’s 37 gave them hope of chasing down the daunting target of 258, but eventually fell short by 10 runs. What also didn’t help MI was 65/3 at the end of power-play, making it the third time they lose three wickets in this six-over phase of IPL 2024.
"It (the target) has to be chasable, especially when you've won three out of eight games this season. You need to work out the best way for us to get this total. The boundary size was small, but the pitch wasn't fast.
“The ball had to be changed halfway through because it was getting chewed up. At that stage of the season, you can't just think whether a score is chasable. It's not an option," added David.
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