Mumbai Indians lost to Gujarat Titans in a rain-affected game despite being ahead on Duckworth-Lewis System when rain halted the play. Head coach Mahela Jayawardene believes that the team erred in execution and from now on will treat every remaining match as a “playoffs” from hereon.
“I think it sums it up. It is margins, but I probably, both teams made quite a few mistakes out there in the middle and we probably made more than them,” Jayawardene told the media after the match.
After scoring 155 for eight in the first innings, MI reduced GT to 126 for six but a second rain interruption saw the target being revised to 15 needed off the final over.
GT got over the line on the final ball to go to the top of the points table, while MI will now need to win both their remaining matches to qualify for the playoffs.
He also lamented the lack of runs on the board and praised bowlers for their gritty performance.
“We were probably 30 runs short on that wicket and the guys bowled really well, created a lot of opportunities, fielded really well (and) fought for everything so that’s good signs and we’ll treat every game as a playoff game for us now,” he said.
When the rain hit second time, GT was behind on the par DLS score and needed 15 runs for the revised target. Deepak Chahar conceded two boundaries and bowled a no-ball making meal of the advantage. However, Jayawardene said MI lost control of the game when they were still on top and that was the reason for their defeat.
“I could have bowled (Will Jacks) Jacksy, Karn Sharma, or whoever (was) left (with) overs, but I think Deepak did that job for us in the first few games as well,” he said.
It wasn’t the decision, it was the execution and that’s not where we lost the game. My thinking is (that) we lost the game when we had control of it and that was disappointing,” he added.
Mumbai Indians are placed fourth in the points table with seven wins from 12 matches and 14 points.
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