MI vs PBKS: Rohit Sharma gutted after Mumbai Indians fail to 'hold their nerves' vs Punjab

IPL 2022, MI vs PBKS: Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma rued the two run-outs of Tilak Varma and Kieron Pollard after losing to Punjab Kings by 12 runs at the MCA Stadium in Pune on Wednesday.

Rohit Sharma was a dejected captain after Mumbai Indians lost their fifth successive match of IPL 2022. Chasing 199, MI were cruising along but fell agonisingly short as Punjab Kings won a thriller by 12 runs after Odean Smith redeemed himself to pick 3 wickets in the final over.

After the heartbreaking defeat at Pune's MCA Stadium, Mumbai Indians became the first team to lose the first five matches of an IPL season twice.

Rohit Sharma was gutted with the two run-outs which derailed the MI chase. At the end of the 11th over, the 5-time champions had reached 116 for 3 thanks to a 25-ball 49 from Dewald Brevis. Tilak Varma had also done his bit to keep MI in the hunt with a 20-ball 36 while Suryakumar Yadav smashed a quick 43 to keep PBKS on their toes. However, Suryakumar was involved in mix-ups with Tilak Varma and Kieron Pollard before losing his own wicket in the 19th over.

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Rohit said he could not pick any faults in a match which he thought they should have won but regretted the fact that his team could not hold their nerves after coming so close.

"There's hardly anything to find out from that game. I thought we played the game pretty well, came pretty close towards the back end of our batting innings," Rohit told the host broadcasters at the post-match presentation.

"It's just that a couple of crucial runouts there was not needed, but that happens. At one stage we were cruising through and keeping up with the run rate as well, but in the end we couldn't hold our nerves. Credit to Kings with the way they bowled at the back end."'