Bowling no-balls a crime, says Hardik Pandya

Most often than not it kind of bites you. It definitely did to us, but at the same point of time, I was really happy with the boys giving their 120% and making sure that we are in the game and not giving up, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said

HYDERABAD: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said that more than Tilak Varma’s dropped catch off ShubmanGill (when on 35, he made 43), the three no-balls – two from him and one from Deepak Chahar in the final over – were a crime and they cost them the victory.

In the post-match chat with host broadcast JioStar after Mumbai lost to Gujarat Titans by three wickets in Mumbai on Tuesday night.

“Most often than not it kind of bites you. It definitely did to us, but at the same point of time, I was really happy with the boys giving their 120% and making sure that we are in the game and not giving up,” he said.

“It was definitely not a 150 wicket. I think it was a 175 [surface],” Hardik said. “We were definitely short in batting by 20-25 runs or maybe 30 runs if you would have batted well. But I think credit to the bowlers, they kept fighting and they kept bowling at the right areas,” the losing captain said.

The loss meant that Mumbai has 14 points from 12 games with two more to go while Titans moved to the top of the table with 16 points from 11 games with three more to go.