IPL 2025: The start of IPL 2025 has not been anything special for Mumbai Indians. They have lost 2 matches in a row in the beginning. In the match played against Gujarat Titans, the Mumbai team proved to be very weak, due to which it had to face defeat by 36 runs. In this match, Mumbai Indians came on the field with a big change. Captain Hardik Pandya started his season with this match. He was not a part of the playing 11 in the team’s first match. But Pandya made a big mistake on his return to IPL.
Hardik Pandya repeated his mistake again
In IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians played their first match against Chennai Super Kings. Hardik Pandya could not play in that match due to a one-match ban. Actually, in Mumbai’s last match last season, Hardik Pandya was banned for 1 match due to slow over rate. But by then he was out of the league. In such a situation, he had to sit out in the first match of the current season. But, Pandya did not learn from his mistake and got caught in slow over rate as soon as he came.
In the match played against Gujarat Titans, the Mumbai Indians team failed to bowl 20 overs on time. Due to which they were penalized in the last over of Gujarat’s innings. In this over, he had to keep one more fielder in the 30 yard circle. However, this time no captain will be banned in IPL due to slow over rate. This time the demerit point system has been implemented in IPL like ICC. These demerit points will remain for three years.
Most defeats since 2022
Mumbai Indians is one of the most successful teams in IPL. She has won the title of this league 5 times. But since the year 2022, the game of this team has declined a lot. Mumbai Indians have lost a total of 29 matches since IPL 2022, which is the most compared to other teams. Apart from Mumbai Indians, no team has lost more than 26 matches. However, Mumbai team is known for its comeback. In such a situation, Pandya and company will be eyeing a strong comeback.
