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After the first innings I felt like snapping at everyone, some of whom deserved it. Surya, Tilak, Naman, Jacks, Rickelton etc for playing so slow and not putting much runs on the board. Surya, Jacks and Rickelton kind of deserved it. But if you look at RCB batting, they themselves weren’t able to stay on the crease and make up a score quickly (Not taking any credit away from our amazing bowlers). If it weren’t for Krunal Pandya we would’ve won.

I guess it was essential to build up a partnership which caused Naman and Tilak to play really slow, but if it weren’t for them pur score would’ve been non-defendable lol. They did what was needed at that moment, especially since wickets were falling fast. Apart from Rohit Sharma no other batter really scored ok, and Tilak and Naman were literally opening if you think about it. So I will defend these two entirely for playing slow this time, although this would definitely be unacceptable in the likes of Wankhede.

So I thought the runs were short, but boy did our bowlers come out of syllabus. Deepak Chahar was amazing. Why weren’t we able to see this form before? Corbin Bosch is the GOAT after Bumrah bro. If he doesn’t get retained then idek what the management is thinking. Bro got a hatrick of Jitesh Sharma AND Tim David. He deserves all the appreciation in the world.

And obviously Bumrah was amazing today. No wickets but very economical. I loved how these 3 worked together, building pressure than taking wickets. Our bowlers made such a close game out of a low score. They took the match to the last ball. Most of them finally clicked today, and that was amazing to see.

Now we did have a few mistakes that cost us the match. Like that infamous dropped catch (if you could even call it that). Yes you had your doubts BUT AT LEAST JUST TRY AND GET THE BALL DAMNIT! The way I shouted when that happened. Tbh it was nothing more than a lack of courage and bravery, as well as miscommunication. And he made up for it in the end with that amazing catch, but at the cost of 12 runs?? If that catch want dropped and the 3rd Umpire gave it out then that was our game! That was literally game over.

But I won’t complain much because that catch of Krunal Pandya was what helped us stay in the game until the last ball.

The other mistake would’ve been to keep the field tighter. SKY shouldve brought in all the quicker fielders into the circle, especially since there was only 2 runs needed.

We should’ve played Raghu Sharma. He was so amazing last game and wouldve done wonders honestly.

And lastly it was giving Bawa that last over. This was kind of the same stupidity that Hardik did when giving Krish the death overs. You can’t even blame the bowler. It was his first game this season. Will Jacks was so economical, so he should’ve been given the ball.

But imagine…a match where the main issues were the last over and a dropped catch. It wasn’t a whole group of people.

Today our team did an outstanding job. They showed intent and put up a fight. Our batters need improvement, but they did what was needed to be done. Our bowling rotation was great, and obviously our bowlers were economical and amazing. We did not give up. We kept fighting. It was because of us that the chances were 50-50 till the last ball.

Im not mad because for the first time this season we saw the real Mumbai Indians. We didn’t allow a table topper to dominate. We caused their captain to say that they didn’t deserve to win.

Imagine if we showed this same kind of intent throughout the tournament? No doubt we would be in the top 4 for sure.

This match showed just a glimpse of what the Mumbai Indians are capable of💙

Petition to forget that this season even happened

Which of our younger generation cricketers will end up having toxic fanbases who will have big twitter fanwars?

Every match he gives us a glimmer of hope….And then he gets out😭😭

LMAO LOVE HOW UNFAZED WE ARE.

Should we look to retain Santner and Bosch?

Let’s laugh guys. What do you think their post match conversation was??

Hear me out guys…I’m not that mad