Lasith Malinga, Mahela Jayawardena accused for THIS reason after Mumbai Indians exit from IPL 2025
GH News June 03, 2025 01:06 AM
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Qualifier 2 was played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this high-scoring match Punjab Kings chased Mumbai Indians score of 203 runs by 7 wickets and made it to the final. Captain Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs. Now Punjab will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final on June 3. Although IPL is going to get a new champion this season this defeat was very disappointing for Mumbai Indians. Five-time champion Mumbai was playing for its sixth trophy. There were many reasons for their defeat but Harbhajan Singh who was part of MIs champion team blamed one reason in particular for their defeat. The former Indian spinner raised questions about the repeated interference of head coach Mahela Jayawardene and bowling coach Lasith Malinga. Harbhajan told the reason for MIs defeat Harbhajan said Look at the dugout of Mumbai Indians. When they were conceding runs there was too much interference from outside. The coach was telling a bowler like Bumrah what to do and what not to do. The dressing room should remain calm. The coach should only give advice not show nervousness. When this happens repeatedly the morale of the players breaks. The former Indian spinner also said that players like Rohit Sharma Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah should be trusted. He said Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya are big players. Let them play. They have won the trophy many times before. But the coaching staff was repeatedly gesturing with their hands and interfering in between. This should not have happened. However Mumbai Indians season was not that bad. Last year Mumbai Indians were at the last position. This year there was a lot of controversy regarding Hardik Pandya. Initially Mumbai lost five of their first six matches but then they made a great comeback and won six matches in a row and made it to the playoffs. Mumbai strengthened their claim by defeating Gujarat Titans in the eliminator. They scored 203 runs against Punjab but due to some decisions of the captain and a dropped catch by Trent Boult the team came under pressure and lost the match.
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