Graeme Smith calls Mumbai Indians' 'confused unit', says Hardik Pandya 'under pressure'

Smith adjacent called the Mumbai Indians a 'confused unit', citing that the team's turbulences started aft Hardik took implicit the skipper’s duties implicit Rohit Sharma.

Smith believed that MI should person gone with Tilak Varma astatine no.3, followed by Suryakumar Yadav and Pandya astatine No.4 and 5, respectively against Kolkata Knight Riders connected Friday and successful the erstwhile matches.

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"Hardik has truly struggled. He's looked a antheral nether unit that evidently has created a small spot of turmoil successful the situation and who knows however it's affected people. But adjacent their batting lineup, it conscionable looked similar they were confused. You know, I deliberation Tilak Varma, Wadhera floating successful the mediate order. Naman Dhir batting astatine 3 contiguous they are moving each implicit the place. They should person had, Tilak astatine 3, SKY astatine 4 and Hardik astatine 5 done the season, David astatine 6 and past fig retired your bowling unit," Graeme Smith stated connected Jio Cinema aft the match.

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"They conscionable been a precise confused squad this year. It's been hugely disappointing from 1 of the mega franchises successful this year's IPL. And, you know, a batch of radical volition beryllium very, precise sore contiguous - MI instrumentality basal and MI camp," helium further added.

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Smith, portion expressing his sentiment implicit MI’s enactment group, said that they whitethorn person to merchandise immoderate of their players for the adjacent year.

"With 3 games to spell successful a bigger auction adjacent year, bash they request to fig retired their squad? Do they request to spot immoderate players to accidental okay, we're gonna merchandise this player. You cognize similar Dewald Brevis has been successful the squad present for years, hasn't truly got a accordant accidental oregon taking his opportunity, either. So you know, determination is astir apt immoderate decisions that request to beryllium made by the enactment radical for adjacent year," Smith concluded.

MI vs KKR IPL 2024:

Earlier connected Friday, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated MI by 24 runs astatine Wankhede.

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KKR posted a full of 169 runs aft losing each their wickets successful conscionable 19.5 overs portion batting first. But Mumbai Indians could people lone 145 runs successful 18.5 overs and were each out.

MI and KKR successful IPL points table:

Looking astatine the IPL table, MI is astatine the 9th spot with 6 points successful 11 matches. Their nett tally complaint is -0.356. While, KKR is astatine the 2nd spot with 14 points successful 10 matches. Their NRR is +1.098.

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Published: 04 May 2024, 06:21 PM IST