Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene says his team erred in execution and lost Tuesday’s IPL match despite being in control against Gujarat Titans, adding that the five-time champions will treat every remaining match as a “play-off” from now on.
Gujarat Titans notched their fourth consecutive victory, beating Mumbai Indians by three wickets in a rain-marred game.
After MI were restricted to 155 for 8, GT were reduced to 126 for 6, but a second rain interruption saw the target being revised to 15 off the final over.
The Titans got over the line off the final delivery to go to the top of the points table, while MI now need to win both their remaining matches to qualify for the play-offs.
“I think it sums it up. It is margins, but probably both teams made quite a few mistakes out there in the middle and we probably made more than them,” Jayawardene told the media after the match.
“We were in a situation when we were (having) five games, four losses (and) one win. From that point onwards, we were (in a) must-win (situation in) pretty much every game. We had a really good run. The tournament’s tough and one good thing is we’re playing teams which is in that bunch, so we probably control our own destiny.
“We were probably 30 runs short on that wicket and the guys bowled really well, created a lot of opportunities, fielded really well (and) fought for everything; so that’s good signs and we’ll treat every game as a play-off game for us now,” he added.
In the final over, Deepak Chahar conceded a four and six and also bowled a no-ball as GT romped home.