The Mumbai Indians are now the first team to lose 7 games in a row at the start of an IPL season© BCCI / IPL
MS Dhoni on Thursday night did what he does best, which is successfully guiding his team to victory in the final. This time it was on the final serve as he hit the milestone to send the Chennai Super Kings home to the Mumbai Indians at DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.
The three-goal loss was the seventh of the season for the Mumbai Indians led by Rohit Sharma and they currently hold the record for the worst start to an IPL season for any team. That’s right, five-time IPL champions, the most successful team in league history being the first to lose their first seven games of the season in the league’s 15-year history.
It has been a bad season for the Mumbai Indians as they struggled with both bat and ball and were unable to win a single match.
Rohit Sharma’s team also had a disastrous start in this match against the young CSK team Mukesh Choudhary chose 3 hooks in the power play to put Men in Blue under pressure. But half a century is guaranteed from Tilak Varma make sure MI gives a credit rating of 155 on the board.
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The bowlers tried so hard and almost got them home but MS Dhoni’s excellence denied Mumbai victory like Jaydev Unadkat could not defend 16 runs in the final more than.
“They’re going to go down when he’s sacked. They’re a championship team, they’ve won it five times. So it’s all going to be very frustrating. Any team wants to lose a game but losing seven games in a row can mean losing a game. meaning they’re (effectively) out of the league, “former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said on the host TV station Star Sports.
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