Hardik Pandya looked angry after the defeat and he scolded all the players for this. On 26 May, Mumbai Indians suffered a crushing defeat against Punjab Kings in their last league match of IPL 2025. With this defeat, Mumbai’s hopes of finishing in the top 2 were shattered. MI is in the playoffs, but now they will have to play in the eliminator match, from where there is a long and difficult path to reach the final.
Punjab Kings won this match by 7 wickets and confirmed their place in the top 2, from where they will get two chances to reach the final. They will have to face Gujarat Titans or RCB in Qualifier 1. This will be decided after the LSG vs RCB match.
Hardik Pandya became red with anger after the defeat
MI captain Hardik Pandya, while talking about the reasons for the loss in the post match presentation ceremony, said,
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒚 20 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒔. 𝑰𝑷𝑳 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆.”
Captain Pandya further said,
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉, 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒚 20 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.”
The captain further said,
“𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕.” 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓,
Hardik Pandya said, “Play good cricket, bat well, bowl well, work on plans, see which blueprint will work as a batting group.
The bowlers have been doing really well throughout the season. While batting, we will prepare the right blueprint on the right track and if we bat first, at what pace we want to bat. There are some things we need to identify, but I don’t think we should panic too much. We knew what was at stake. Looking forward to the eliminator.”
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