IPL 2026: Despite all efforts due to rain, yesterday finally the Mumbai vs Rajasthan match was played in 11-11 overs. Rajasthan’s openers Suryavanshi and Jaiswal, who came to bat first, unraveled the threads of Deepak Chahar in the first over itself. Vaibhav showed the path to the stands for Bumrah’s very first ball. Overall, Mumbai’s bowling was blown away by Rajasthan’s batsmen and they set a huge target of 151 in 11 overs. In reply, Mumbai could score only 123 runs with the loss of 9 wickets and had to face defeat by 27 runs. When captain Hardik Pandya was asked questions after the defeat, he blamed the bowling unit.

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Hardik was seen angry at his bowlers!

When captain Hardik Pandya was asked questions during the post match presentation regarding the defeat, he looked angry at the bowlers and said that our bowlers should have taken responsibility. As a bowling group, we were out of rhythm at all, we didn’t bowl as well as we should have and Rajasthan played tremendous cricket, they played very well. He further said- It is not right to blame the batting for this defeat, definitely our bowling unit should have taken the responsibility. Hardik did not stop here, he said, if you see, we lost by 27 runs, which means only 5 good balls and 5 sixes less. If we had bowled the right balls, we would have stayed in the game.

What did Hardik say in praise of Rajasthan batsmen and Suryavanshi?

Praising Rajasthan’s batsmen, Hardik said that their openers took us out of the match in the first few overs. After that we just kept trying to make a comeback throughout the match and were left behind in the end. Hardik said about Vaibhav Suryavanshi, it is very interesting to see the way the 16-year-old boy played. The way he bats, the kind of shots he has, the kind of fearlessness he has, it is amazing to see. I wish him very good luck for the future.

Team is ready to play against RCB- Hardik Pandya

On the next match against RCB, he said that the team will have to learn a lesson from its past mistakes. Every day brings a new opportunity, a new morning dawns, the sun rises again. Therefore, it is important to remove the shortcomings and enter the field with better preparation for the next challenge.