Mumbai Indians’ horror run in the ongoing Indian Premier League continued as they faced yet another defeat by Punjab Kings on Wednesday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Mumbai Indians remained winless in the ongoing season and are currently sitting at the 10th position in the points table.
The franchise, which enjoys a massive fan base across the country, has failed to live up to fans’ expectations and faced flak from all around for its poor performance in the tournament. ‘We miss old MI’ was the top Twitter trend day after the franchise was defeated by Rajasthan Royals.
While fans trolled the five-time champions for their poor run, a few MI fans quickly expressed that they missed the match-winners, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya in the squad, who won several games for the franchise in the past seasons.
Check out a few such tweets.
WE MISS OLD MI
really missing the services of PANDYA brothers they gave everything to the franchise 💔 pic.twitter.com/1A4WJfAutI— Cric-Crazy Lad 🎭 (@CricCrazyLad) April 14, 2022
Insecure Rohit is the only reason of big decline of MI this season.
MI should have accepted Pandya proposal to retain him and make him captain.Rohit is playing only in captaincy quota due too pandya brother 😭😭
WE MISS OLD MI pic.twitter.com/E52e4607ep
— gaurav negi (fb💯) (@gaurav26negi) April 14, 2022
We really retained that bum Rohit Sharma over generational talent Hardik Pandya. WE MISS OLD MI
— A l V Y (@9seventy3) April 14, 2022
Full support brother hardik
We miss old mi😓— Dhruv (@RogueRook81) April 14, 2022
WE MISS OLD MI .
Hardik should have lead our franchise instead of bum Rohit who doesnt have 30 avg in last 5 seasons .
Ambani will never see light 🙏🙏🙏 .
— HERE TO SPEAK FACTS (@speak_____facts) April 14, 2022
Notably, Mumbai Indians let go the Pandya brothers ahead of IPL auctions and retained Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Keiron Pollard. While Hardik Pandya was picked by Gujarat Titans and was appointed the captain for the 15th edition, Lucknow Super Giants secured Krunal Pandya.
Notably, Hardik’s performance has also gained a lot of appreciation as he is contributing with bat and ball. On the other hand, Krunal Pandya has become a vital cog in Lucknow’s squad by making a valuable contribution to the side, and the team has managed to win three out of five games.
