'We've been quite poor': Hardik Pandya's blunt verdict on Mumbai Indians' IPL campaign

NEW DELHI: The dejection connected skipper Hardik Pandya’s look was intelligibly visible, with sloppy fielding proving to beryllium 1 of the cardinal reasons down Mumbai Indians’ decision against Kolkata Knight Riders astatine Eden Gardens connected Wednesday.After MI posted 147/8 successful 20 overs, they had a fewer opportunities successful the tract but failed to capitalise connected them.

Frustration peaked successful the 10th implicit erstwhile KKR’s Rovman Powell top-edged a propulsion changeable disconnected Hardik Pandya.Deepak Chahar astatine good limb appeared acceptable to instrumentality the drawback but near it for Robin Minz coming successful from heavy quadrate leg, and the shot yet landed safely betwixt the 2 fielders.“(What was going connected successful the field?) I don't know. I deliberation passim the season, we've been rather mediocre successful fielding.

I deliberation we person dropped a batch of catches, which evidently nary 1 wants to bash it. But successful that portion of the game, I deliberation determination is nary hiding away,” Pandya said aft the match.“I deliberation if you get chances, if you privation to triumph games, you request to drawback each the chances, adjacent fractional chances arsenic well. But yeah, erstwhile you driblet chances which tin alteration the game, it's ever you are chasing the game,” helium added.Kolkata Knight Riders stayed live successful the playoff contention with a important four-wicket win, arsenic a Sunil Narine-led bowling onslaught erstwhile again delivered connected a tricky Eden Gardens surface.

Needing a triumph to enactment successful contention, KKR produced a disciplined effort to restrict the already-eliminated five-time champions to 147/8 aft Ajinkya Rahane won the flip and opted to field.It besides marked the 3rd lawsuit of Pandya losing 4 consecutive matches arsenic skipper successful the IPL.“(Were you astir 20 runs short?) Yeah, I mean, rather entertaining. Definitely arsenic a batting group, we were 20 short. I deliberation we mislaid a batch of wickets successful powerplay, but if Tilak and I would person stayed longer, and we had stitched a mates of much partnerships and got those 15-20 runs, I deliberation we would person had a decent chance,” Pandya said.