Mumbai Indians (MI) are struggling a bit in their title defence in the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). They lost their third game of the season on Friday going down to Punjab Kings by nine wickets. Their batting hasn’t delivered yet in this season. Though their overall performance wasn’t up to the mark in the game, many were left perplexed with the team’s decision to promote Ishan Kishan ahead of the in-form Suryakumar Yadav.

The move, however, backfired completely as the left-hander couldn’t score freely. Kishan could only muster six runs off 17 balls before edging one to the keeper KL Rahul off Ravi Bishnoi. He looked completely lost facing the spinners on the slow pitch. It also led to MI getting off to a very slow start in the powerplay. Eventually, despite acclerating in the middle overs, the five-time champions could only reach 131 runs in their 20 overs.

In the post-match press conference, Suryakumar Yadav expectedly faced a question regarding Kishan’s promotion ahead of him and he cleared that it was done to keep the left-right combination in the middle. Surya also stated he was completely fine with the move as both the batsmen play similar roles in the team.
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