Former South African skipper Greme Smith was not at all pleased with the efforts. The Indians are beaten by the Knights for the first time in Wankhede since 2012.
Greme Smith openly went on to criticize the Mumbai Indians and called them a confused unit. Greme Smith feels that the environment in the dressing room is not positive because of the things that have happened with the team in the past.
Smith feels that since Hardik Pandya has returned to the team, replacing Rohit Sharma as the skipper of the Mumbai Indians, they look like a confused unit.
In his interaction with Jio Cenima Greme Smith said, “Hardik has really struggled. He’s looked like a man under pressure, which obviously has created a little bit of turmoil in the environment, and who knows how it’s affected people? But even with their batting lineup, it just looked like they were confused. You know, I think Tilak Varma and Wadhera are floating in the middle order. Naman Dhir is batting at three tonight; they are moving all over the place. They should have had Tilak at 3, SKY at 4, Hardik at 5 through the season, and David at 6, and then figure out your bowling unit. Hardik has really struggled. He’s looked like a man under pressure, which obviously has created a little bit of turmoil in the environment, and who knows how it’s affected people? But even with their batting lineup, it just looked like they were confused. You know, I think Tilak Varma and Wadhera are floating in the middle order. Naman Dhir is batting at three tonight; they are moving all over the place. They should have had Tilak at 3, SKY at 4, and Hardik at 5 through the season, David at 6, and then figure out your bowling unit.”
Smith further added, “They have just been a very confused team this year. It’s been hugely disappointing for one of the mega franchises in this year’s IPL. And, you know, a lot of people will be very, very sore tonight—MI fan base and MI camp.”
