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Mumbai Indians (MI)’s poor performance continues in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. MI has lost its third consecutive match. On Saturday (May 2), it was handed a crushing defeat by Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In this match played on the slow pitch of Chepauk, MI won the toss and decided to bat first but could only score 159 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. In reply, CSK batted fast from the beginning and easily achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in 18.1 overs.

This was MI’s seventh defeat this season. She has 4 points and is on the verge of being out of the playoffs. After the crushing defeat to CSK, when Hardik Pandya was asked, was it not your day? In response to this, the MI captain said in disappointing words that I think our entire season is going bad.

CSK has improved in every department – Hardik Pandya

Host CSK restricted MI to a small score due to a brilliant performance by the bowlers. After this, with the help of an unbroken partnership of 98 runs in 75 balls for the third wicket between captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (67 not out) and Karthik Sharma (54 not out), we won by 8 wickets.

Expressing disappointment after the match, Hardik said, ‘I think, forget the day, this whole scheme is going bad. He batted better than us, bowled better and fielded better. He played better cricket.

He further said, ‘At one time it seemed that we would reach 180-190 runs. However, could not maintain that rhythm after 10 overs. Apart from this, he could not even finish the innings well. It is not easy to play shots in the beginning of the innings. There was a need to bat thoughtfully, which he did.

CSK’s bowling highly praised

Praising CSK’s bowling, Hardik said, ‘Our batsmen could not connect the ball properly because their bowling was very good. We used our bowling options but they played intelligent cricket and proved to be better than us.