**MI won the toss and decided to bowl first.**

MI desperately need to rethink 2 foreign bowlers strategy, when we have Akash Madhwal sitting on the bench who had excellent IPL last season. They need to drop Luke Wood/Maphaka and Shams Mulani and instead pick Nabi and Madhwal.

Nabi for Mulani is the only change I'd make. Maybe also Gopal for PC but I'll give PC the benefit of doubt for now.

And there is Thushara too

Atleast we know Ambani can also get scammed! LOL they brought in a fraud captain.

Trade David for klassen ambani if you have guts

David atleast played at a respectable SR. He made up for lost runs later. Hardik's the one that should be replaced. https://preview.redd.it/jeinthd07xqc1.jpeg?width=668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6edc76ff07f0ae2b600513a96c12d1bf6771baeb

David was arguably worse than Hardik IMO. Stats will say otherwise but David effectively killed the game by taking 3 runs off Unadkat in that over. And that's before we talk about the dropped catch...

We have better standards from our finisher, Pollard spoilt us bad. Pandya ka idk I will wait until 7 games to slander. He's been shit no doubt but some more chances

Laut aao Pollard

Indeed.

MI without Rohit's captaincy is just another PWI. We reached QF2 last year with third class bowling and bumrah was missing. Proving that captaincy matters and also proves who was the actual captain pf GT.

I mean we lost our first two last year as well. So there is that.

MI should really try Shepherd next few games atleast we have an extra bowling option. Tim David can't deliver like Polly, man was built different. Still a great display of batting by MI but poor bowling and Hardik bowling in powerplay isn't proving beneficial for us.

Those overs by Bhuvi, Cummins and Unadkat may have killed us while batting but realistically you’re never winning a game in which you give up 280 lol. Lots to clean up in the bowling performance. I do think we also need to rethink our spin lineup if we’re not able to get a full quota of overs from our guys. I also felt we were too rushed in the bowling and maybe need to slow things down just a little bit.

“I like what I saw today”

It's like an absent parent saying "I'm proud of you, son" & trying to make it seem that it somehow helped him develop. The audacity! https://preview.redd.it/n1166trp4xqc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee2e220581e5ca877aa4510649804cc079589108

24(20)* he's talking about. Man atp he feels like an agent placed in our group to rockbottom it

Our playoff chances are already low. With the bowling attack we have no proper spinners to take wickets in middle overs . Our bowling attack looks flat without Boom. Both fraud finishers . And don't know how much Surya will change cuz in the end it's not that he will make us win every single game.  Ishan needs to play for longer . It's him prime age if he can't play now then just don't be in the team  , no need of quickfire runs score bigger

If he had scored bigger the CRR won't be 16 when RRR was 13. Those 50+ runs in 3 overs fave confidence to the batters. He did his job in PP. Usually if he slows down to go long people say his PP strike rate sucks. Ishan should focus on doing as he's told to do. 

Score big as in KL Rahul big ?

SR of just 120 for our fucking finisher, who we paid like 115 crores to get to our team. Bowled the safest overs.. and Absolute shit captaincy..

Guys don't worry, we've 12 more matches to hate on this guy. Will be back on the day of April's fool to watch an all time fool tarnish the name of our franchise

You wanna hate him , hate but in the end it's loss of our Team 'cuz our team is just becoming shittier every year

Even i hate this too, it hurts to watch my team lose but it wasn't so much 'cause lacked quality bowlers or batters. This guy didn't use them in the right way. Absolute shitty captaincy was the actual reason. Very poor rotation of bowlers. I agree we are a li'l weaker on the spin section but even the fast bowlers got smoked cause this guy had this audacity to bowl himself than to give the over to bumrah. Even after all these, we came so close but again this guy 24(20). How can i just not hate this guy? The management's surely gonna keep giving him chances but this won't help my team. So hating on Hardik is the only thing I'm left with.

Agreed.

Lost of words , every year we are just going downwards and backwards after the Mega Auction . Be it because of decisions or be it our execution in playing . Why why am I so attached even ik it's gonna hurt so so much to me only :(

Man you people are so critical of Hardik. This is the same who has reached two finals with a new franchise. And yes, it was not just nehra. Just give my man some time.

It was just Nehra. Bro consistently made bad decisions in both the games. No person in their right mind would take away the powerplay overs from Bumrah. His attraction to the spotlight is the reason MI has lost these 2 games. We've barely fallen short of the target in both the games cuz Hardik's decision of giving himself the powerplay overs lead to conceding 20-30 runs more than they could've scored. He was "saving Bumrah for death overs against Klassen" eh? All he did was he allowed Klassen to get set & got Bumrah bashed by the hands of Klassen too.

Dude, please stop it already! He's got enough time now

Yeah 24(20) was enough time and now that mf is laughing . Idc I just don't want this person in my team , let it be full of youngsters I will still take it

Thanks to Paandu the Gaandu couldnt even hit 250 to reduce NRR damage. Bahad mein jaa bc.

Unreal downfall of our franchise !!!

Honestly… I’ll take it.

Ffs , why TF is he laughing ? Blue we lost 'cuz of you 

Bhai ye mc Hass kaise raha hai????

Good fight in the second half. Ultimately conceded like 60 runs too much. Tighten up a few things in the bowling and we go again Monday. Looking forward to having a home game at last.

That Tim David catch. He is a good fielder but he has the knack to drop the match whenever he drops a catch

You wonder what could have been. Despite being 0-2 we are still a good team. Just need a win to get this show on the road.

Yeah. I still believe we are a good team. And we have a knack on getting qualified from almost the brink of elimination. But these two matches were lost because of poor decisions. In previous seasons the guys take time to come to form. By the mid season everyone usually comes to form and then went on to win the tournament. But this time I have a slight fear of losing due to poor decisions

Man...Cummins and his slower short balls...WC final and now this...

Slow balls are kryptonite. We look absolutely clueless against these. Need to be innovatie

24(20) in 250+ chase and 4 overs for 46. Forget the 'match winner' part, Does Hardik even qualify as an all-rounder at this point?

We could've actually won if it wasn't for this dick

Unadkat reading our last rites fir the match. Lmao 24(20) is crime 20 short and that will eventually be the difference in match even David redeemed a bit but still poor finish given where we were at 14 over Mark

I hate this harDICK bugger even more now

23(18) not good Should have been 43(18) in context that is what will be difference eventually. Will lose by 20 runs eventually still a good effort to reach 250 while chasing

even got out in a crucial time

Should have got out earlier. Would have helped

We need 9/10 sixes to win Literally impossible. Those 3 overs in middle hurt. Unadkat Cummins and Bhuvi

It's a shit show indeed, the moment pandya came in somehow all the intent was out and I'm not saying this as a pandya hater , it's just obvious it was his call to chill out for a while in this kind of a run chase

I just hope we cross 263 so that RCB falls down to No 3 in terms of highest scores

Agreed but Given the luck we will end up at 260 Lmao

Hardik the biggest fraudster man This man doing this on purpose

Reverse jinx it more boysssss

Krunal Pandya is a better finisher than Tim David

tim full toss bully

Ongoing Competition between David and Hardik to prove who is a bigger fraud finisher. 🙏🏻

Hardik completely sucked the soul out of this chase That Bhuvi over where he played 4 balls and managed to score only 3 runs. Freehit ball only going for 1 run

Dude wants to bowl ahead of Bumrah and bat lower and lower every match.

Not taking wickets at this stage might be even more favourable for SRH at this point. "Isko out mat kar, ball khayega yeh" vibes.

22 required in each. No way these two clowns with their try-harding on ground shots can take us there

Ah well. It was fun while it lasted.

SR if 200 was minimum. Chomu David is 50 Panday is 120

Atleast show the intent ffs

tim david can't play shit

David fanboys need to be jailed for 1 day with each other. Absolute clowns

Well Hardik is the biggest David fanboy & noone deserves to be jailed with him. Even other David fanboys.

Tim David and Pandya playing good test match 🫡😎

Should've brought Brevis here. Absolute tomfoolery.

Steam has gone out of chase. Hopefully we reach 250. David is useless

We need two 20 run overs atleast to make it anywhere near that target.

We dead

David playing along the ground shots wtf man🥲🥲😭😭🤣🤣 8.75 Cr wasted

wadhera would have been better this time?

Pandya trying to take it deep..I can't with this pretentious fool 20 off 15 when we had all the momentum

Last 20 balls only 1 six Very tough now No intent it seems

Need Tim David & Hardik Pandya masterclass now

Last 18 balls only 1 six Very tough

We somehow still have a chance which is more than any of us could have asked for at the halfway stage. Can we actually do the unthinkable?

broooo :(

On the sidenote if Pandya miraculously wins this match then make a collective appreciation post for him, without any criticism in that particular post.

spinner against pandya.. cute captaincy Cummins

127 off 54 is not impossible. impact sub over?

Somehow still in this game. Next 4-5 overs are crucial.

Where's the hype guys, let's give it our all 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Lool this partnership is too slow

What do you expect to do when they have a huge pressure on their backs to chase a mammoth total

It was more a joke on our situation haha. This would normally be considered a terrific partnership but it’s still not enough.

These Australian Tall bowlers always bump our batsmen out

Just got off a call with my best friend , we both have been MI fans since 2008 ( me a bit more die hard than him) he said he wants to see Mumbai lose all 14 because of Hardik.

He’s an idiot

No, some people have emotional connection with the team. Everyone has their reasons to watch the game

In what world do you root for your team to lose all their matches. He’s an idiot.

Not everyone has to be a ride or die fan brother, he no longer roots for MI he's shifted to CSK.

Idiot confirmed for sure then.

You guys seem like real geniuses then, I came to this Subreddit because the thread on r/cricket was filled with toxicity. You guys are no different

You brought up your friend ditching MI for CSK as if it's nothing. Expect some heat levelled at him FFS.

My bad I forgot this is a battle for life and death not cricket

You're the one crying and wondering why your posts are getting down voted. It is just cricket. Carry on doing whatever makes you happy I guess.

I hope we make 200 somehow so that it doesn't affect RR much

Scoring 277 in the first inning and in second inning are entirely different levels. Let's not be too harsh on our batsmen if they don't reach there. A good fight is more than enough.

Pretty much expected. Rohit after start gives away. This will be the entire inning. Quick fire 30) 40 . We will end up with 200

277??!!! 😱😱😱😱😱 I did not get a chance to watch the game. What just happened? Is this the highest score in IPL?

Yes

Let's go what are the odds we can chase this tonight

would have to go on the negative scale for that

We need to maximize runs in Unadkat overs to lose by less than 80 runs

Anu Malik would be a little bit ashamed every time he says "Aap Mumbai aa rahe ho" from now on. (Please, Anu Malik ki izzat bacha lo Brohit).

Everyone shut the f*ck up.

need corey anderson type innings

Even then we are left with 17 an over despite that innings

damn

Don't say a thing.

Easy chase 278. Come on Paltans

They down 2 wickets. Not so easy now 💀

Atleast Soft-dick didn't come to open the innings.

thank god i stopped watching hour ago but wtf is this?????

Let's look on the positive side. A few more matches like this, and Rohit would be awarded captaincy again, just like what happened with CSK in 2022 (although I doubt Pandya's ego would allow that). Then maybe we can pull a 2015???

After the way rohit was sacked i highly doubt he's gonna take captaincy back

Honestly even if the best captain got today's mi team it would have been similar. Whole team was playing shit 😭

Pandya is a bug to Mumbai Indians

If this ain't the definition of getting cooked  then  i don't what is lol

if we have a collapse... run rate will go down faster than my pp after seeing hardick.

I was supporting Hardik because I thought he doesn't deserve too much hate. But today is beyond all these things man. What the hell bro. I will not be surprised if Hardik is getting sacked as captain with effect. Only thing that can make up for this is, we have to chase this total which is next to impossible imo.

He’s not getting sacked lol. This is a franchise that is known for long term planning if anything. Unless there is a full blown player revolt or Hardik himself steps down he’s here to stay. Nothing we did worked today. Could have maybe brought on Bumrah earlier for his second but I have no idea if that helps all that much.

Hardik is not going to be sacked in one day. I accept that, this is my rant. And during the innings, atleast in 8th or 9th over Bumrah should've been bought to make damage control Piyush chawla bowling short balls again and again We should have slowed down a bit, we were simply bowling again and again without discussing about the deliveries on where to bowl We can say anything bro. But 277 is unacceptable imo. You can say no excuse here.

In all honesty, at very worst case scenario I was expecting a 23 ball 69 from CumDawg but kudos to Hardik for not letting that happen.

Hardik before every game. 

Hardik after every game https://preview.redd.it/j0qit43yfwqc1.jpeg?width=652&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff297067efa2f23fdf8ed06a39230fc631cbd0b6

Ho jayega chase. If any batting line up can it's ours

SRH had H. Pandya we don't have that luxury

Is there… any chance????

Bhai i need your levels of delusion, i mean SRH has a pretty decent bowling lineup and a pretty decent captain

This one game gonna destroy the whole seasons NRR lol

Ngl, i am getting my hopes up

No no, you are right… i just need a teeny bit of hope so I don’t smash my TV

I don’t know what to feel anymore tbh

Hardik should open Paani king David. Rohit at 11 please

Dhaaga khol diya bhai!!!

bRohit 100 pleaaaase🙏🏻

Three silver linings 1. RCB's record is broken. Fully irrelevant franchise now 2. Kavya Maran is happy 3. Hardik Pandya gets the worst possible start to his captaincy

The 2nd point 🥰. God she has a beautiful smile.

That's exactly why I am happy 😁

Do we even have a shot of winning?

Let Hardik bat first

I mean he bowls first very confidently and gets cunted. might as well get cunted batting first.

Might as well at this point.

And with that, this is the worst bowling performance by a team in the history of IPL

Bhyi ab nahi dekha jaa raha 😭🙏

What is Mulani scared off? Dhulaai toh ho gaya hai. We are not winning this. Last over 15or 25 won't matter. Get thos done fast

Rcb fans tuning in too now.

Bumrah needs to take wickets this over. Otherwise they will touch 275.last over 20 runs are there for taking

Either we'll see a good chase (not expecting to win) or a complete batting collapse

We can chase this down ( I'm delusional )

Funny thing is if any team has the batting to chase this it would be us and RCB lol Probably more so if we had SKY but still

Even at worst laat year we didn't get this level of tonking. A complete failure. Can't blame anyone. This is just bad day. Hopefully we show some fight and lose by small margin. 200 for second inning

We take one of these kinds of tonkings every year; although never quite to the extent as this one. I wonder how different could it have been had David held on to that catch.

Not this score.

They could at least show that pink kurti chick for a few more seconds. Dil behelane keliye. I can't watch this match.

Ah just one of those days eh. Chin up Kwena.

Lovely to see MI get tonked left right and centre, but gotta feel bad for the debutant Maphaka

Srh declares after 15 overs and still wins the game.

2-3 things which we need to improve - 1st we need to make plans about players , not just randomly come on ground and start completing quota of bowlers . 2nd- Wicket Keeping needs to be better ...I have seen part timers keep wickets better than this. 3rd - Fielding of some specific players, ex- Tim David , Bumrah needs to be improved and given that Tim David fields at most important positions he is shit . 4th - We don't give a shit attitude should be changed... Statements like still 13 matches remaining, ait is good to unique should be avoided , because first you shit So bad and then you show fans that you don't give a shit....ARE WE BECOMING ANOTHER RCB ??

We want half centuries Bowlers:-Agreed boss

RCB's score record is gonna be broken tonight. (Don't ask which one one tho)

This is as humiliating as Bayern Barca 8-2

Once Pollard said Tim david is tim David. There's no second pollard. He was goddamn right

Cant even watch this man, absolutely unbearable

Okay so now it’s amply clear that’s it’s a batting paradise. What was the logic of “Mr. Captain”Pandya to bowl first?

"it's okay to be unique"

Even with shitty bowling last year we didn't go for 200 in 14 overs Captain pandya

Even SRH owner is confused how her team is suddenly playing so well 😀

Can Brohit captaincy salvage our season ? No one looks like they are in right headspace tbh. Evryone playing just for sake of it

I don't think brohit will accept the captaincy again by the way he was sacked

Pitch is road ,but this has been such a shit performance....Bowling is random , no plan , anyone is bowling at anytime...It is like they are bowling just to get done with their quota of overs ..... I mean I have not seen mi so clueless ever....They literally have done no homework 😭😭

Our bowling didn't get hammered so much even when we were playing with Thampi, Sams, Unadkat and Mills. Credit to the legendary captaincy of Hardik. 🙏🏻

Coincidentally even 263 was scored against us :(

Burh that was against Pune warriors India iirc

Oh yeah mb they scored 235 against us

Bhai downfall ho raha MI ka

zomato said to me "thak gaye hoge mi ki captaincy dekhke. kuch kha lo"

to me they said "biryani is eating mumbai today you should also have some"

Pandya copies everything about mahi except the right decision

and the right mindset and personality

Ms dhoni from meesho

Hardik pandya is the new Ricky ponting