The Mumbai Indians, the confident embodiment of the IPL for the last four years, stand dangerously close to ending the season in the ignominy of the undesired wooden spoon. Despite Rohit Sharma’s decision before the tournament, the team struggles somehow. Everyone believed removing him as captain and appointing Hardik Pandya as a new leader was the best decision.
Out of the blue, Mumbai Indians’ supporters also started to feel the same, mistakenly considering the skipper had damaged the team. It was thought that the sentiment would change over time, supposing the team was winning one game after another.
On the contrary, fans’ emotions only grew stronger as the team’s number of consecutive defeats increased. The Pandya mentioned therein encountered a heap of ‘vituperation’ both on home and away ground, and this pressure seems to have borne on the team’s laurels.
As per ex-India batter Manoj Tiwary, the captaincy change was a strike that couldn’t make the team get through it.
“He messed up the timing of the speech, and fans didn’t feel it at any time. This made him lose the support he needed for the campaign,”
Tiwany quoted.
At the point of the loss-loss game, Mumbai Indians have to face the reality that this is the last match of the series, and they could even lose the series that wasn’t applied for their club before. The first sign of a problem for this team was the lack of recovery after the first disappointment, which was made worse by the lack of support from their biggest fans. But the most memorable things from this year are the misfortunes of this season.
