IPL 2019: 3 Main reasons why Mumbai Indians lost against Delhi, No.1 is the biggest reason

The Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals faced each other in the third match of the IPL 2019 season in Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. The Delhi's team started the tournament with a bang and defeated the Mumbai Indians by 37 runs.

For Delhi, Pant played an unbelievable inning of 78 runs in 27 balls and for Mumbai, Yuvraj scored 53 runs off 35 balls.

So today, in this article, we will tell the 3 main reasons why Mumbai Indians faced the defeat against Delhi. Let's see.

3. Team selection went wrong:

The Mumbai team made an error in selecting the team against Delhi Capitals. There was no specialist spinner in the team and Krunal Pandya proved to be quite expensive.

Apart from this, the batting order of Mumbai was also questionable. Krunal Pandya and Ben Cutting should have been sent to bat early. But the team showed faith in Pollard and Hardik which went against them.

2. Yuvraj Singh was left alone fighting:

Chasing the huge target of 214 runs, Mumbai innings started on a poor note and lost 3 quick wickets inside the Powerplay. Yuvraj and Pollard tried to control the innings, but none of the batsmen stayed long with Yuvi.

Pollard was out for 21 and Krunal scored a cameo 32 runs. And at the end, the full pressure came on to Yuvraj. In the end, Yuvi scored 53 runs with the help of five boundaries and three sixes.

1. Explosive Innings by Rishabh Pant:

Rishabh Pant, who came to bat in the 13th over, scored 78 runs with 7 fours and 7 sixes with the strike rate of 288.89.

The manner in which Pant battled against Jasprit Bumrah and if he had not played this knock, then Mumbai would have easily win the game. In such a case, it would not be wrong to say that the main reason for Mumbai Indians to lose the game was Pant.

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