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Mumbai Indians (MI) couldn't score 11 runs off the last over and suffered a five-run defeat at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Ekana stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday (May 17). It was Mohsin Khan who conceded just five runs off the final over and won the match for LSG. Mohsin, who made a stunning comeback from an injury halt and put a leash on dangerous Tim David.
LSG were once reeling at 123/3 at the end of 17 overs but Chris Jordan whacked 24 runs off the 18th over to power Krunal Pandya's side to a challenging 177 total. Rohit Sharma's bowlers gave away more than 50 runs in the last three overs.
Meanwhile, the exasperated MI coach Shane Bond rued MI's defeat against LSG and his team for committing the same mistake again and again.
"For me, the most frustrating thing is about not sticking to the plans that we talk about. We were very clear with what we wanted to do on this wicket to players like Marcus (Stoinis) and where we wanted to bowl, we didn't bowl there consistently enough," Bond said in the post-match press conference.
"When you're looking at a team plan, you've got to get the batsmen to hit in areas where you want them to hit. Make it as hard as possible for them. You don't want them to hit you in areas that they want to hit.
"We saw that with Stoinis, a fine player. We knew he was trying to hit straight down the ground and we dished out balls for him to do it. In the end, his innings was the difference between the two teams," he added.
Bond added, "We've always prided ourselves in our preparation, the work that we do behind the scenes and how we review the game -- the mistakes on which we want to improve. The frustrating thing is that we're making the same mistake over and over again. From my point of view, it's disappointing.
"For 15 overs, we were excellent, we delivered what we wanted to. One player put us under pressure. That's what Rashid Khan did the other night and we made the same mistakes. It didn't cost us in the last game, it definitely cost us tonight.
"You can never stop good players from scoring runs. You'd rather have players scoring 89 from 47 be at 70 from 47. Those 17 to 20 runs can make a difference. We've talked about that at Wankhede over the course of the year. You are talking about a difference of 10-15 runs," he said.
"There's no way we should have gone for 54 runs in the last three overs on that ground. It was just poor," he concluded.
With one match left to play MI are fourth in the points table with 14 points while LSG are one better than Paltans as they sit third in the standings with 15 points in their kitty. Both the teams need to win their last matches in order to make it to the playoffs.
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