The chief coach of the Mumbai Indians (MI), Mahela Jayawardne, blamed the poor execution of her pacemaker Deepak Chahar after her 3 WICKET defeat against the Gujarat Titans (GT) in a rain battery contest in the Premier League of India (IPL) 2025. This defeat also ended her run of six mobile edition of this edition.

“It was not the decision [to not bowl MI skipper Hardik Pandya]It was the execution[of Chahar]. That’s where we lost the game. My thought is that we lost the game when we had the control and that was disappointing, ”he said at the press conference after the game.

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MAHELA JAYAWARDENE on 19 by decision

He supported Chahar about the captain of the Indians of Mumbai, Hardik Pandya, to play the last. When Rain interrupted the clash for the second time, GT was 132/6 in 18 overs, five races behind the PAR DLS score of 137.

The game resumed in less than an hour and the referees declared to go with one more to decide the result. According to the objective reviewed, GT needed 15 of between 6 deliveries to win the game. A four, six and without Chahar balls in the final saw the Titans take two points to claim first place in the points table.

However, the chief coach does not believe that the result could have followed his way if he played with the captain of my Pandya at that time. Previously, he admitted 18 races in his only night.

Deepak did that job for us when Doja [Jasprit Bumrah] I wasn’t there [for the first few games of the season]. It was good, our main bowling player. It is easier for you to ask me that question and for me to say: ‘Yes, maybe Hardik’. If Hardik had gone for three six, you may have asked me why you did not play Deepak, “Jayawardne complained.

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While pointing the lack of execution of Chahaha in that final final, the former Sri Lanka batter also supported me, despite his close loss of home matches.

“Throughout the game, we made some good decisions with the ball when we had to attack. The execution of Deepak, a pair of balls that was lost, hit some good shots. We also threw a ball on that and still went down to the last ball,” he added.

Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025

The five -time IPL champions began their IPL 2025 campaign with only one victory in their five initial games. However, they made a tremendous return to register six consecutive victories that took them back to the Playoffs qualification career.

Currently, they are placed fourth in the points table with seven wins in 12 games. My will need at least one victory of your remaining two accessories, to ensure a place in the playoffs. Pandya and Co. will face the Punjab kings in Dharamsala on May 11.

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