Team-wise areas of concern ahead of the second leg of IPL 2021
Teams need to work on the chinks in their armour before the tournament restarts.
4. Mumbai Indians – Pandya Brothers
The Pandya brothers are amongst the best products of MI’s scouting system and have been very important players for them over the last few years. However, both of them have been quite poor and that has also resulted in the team having a rather shaky start to the season with three defeats in seven.
Hardik Pandya has probably been the biggest disappointment of the tournament thus far, having scored a paltry 52 runs at an average of 8.66 while striking at a very poor 118.18. Given that he is one of their most important players, he must step up and support Kieron Pollard in terms of finishing the innings with the bat.
His brother, Krunal Pandya has only been slightly less disappointing with just 100 runs at an average of 16.66. However, he showed signs of improvement during the last two games and they will be hoping for more of the same. With the ball, he has picked up just three wickets at a strike rate of 34 and those aren’t great numbers for someone who is his team’s 2nd choice spinner.
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