IPL8 – Mumbai Indians lose yet again, this time to Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad

#IPL8 #RRvMI #Ahmedabad #KeironPollard #RohitSharma Nothing seems to be going right with the Mumbai Indians since they lost their third consecutive game at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad while Rajasthan Royals won their third one.
The Mumbai Indians had posted a score of 164 thanks to some hard hitting by Kieron Pollard but the Rajasthan Royals chased it down in the 20th over with 5 balls to spare as reported in zeenews.india.com dated 15 April 2015.

Obviously, the decision to bat first did not pay dividends for MI as they struggled to score only 45 runs in the first 10 overs – captain Rohit Sharma went out for a zero. Subsequently, a century-plus stand between Kieron Pollard (70 off 34 balls) and Corey Anderson (50 off 38 balls) helped the team to put up a respectable 164 for five.
The score appeared to be chicken feed for the RR and Captain Steve Smith scored an unbeaten 79 from 53 balls and he had for company Ajinkya Rahane (46) as they raised a 64-run stand for the second wicket.
It is obvious that in spite of having big names of cricket associated with the team in the form of mentor and coaches, Mumbai Indians are struggling to come to terms with the reality of T20 cricket and finding the winning combination.

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