The Mumbai Indians should have gone in with some kind of strategy when they batted against the Deccan Chargers yesterday.

The target wasn’t one to worry about but the pitch was. It was turning and spitting like a cobra and that meant that the best chance for the side was to bat in the first few overs when the ball was new and hard like a champion and get as many runs as possible.

However, the problem was that the Mumbai Indians started off so slowly that they were left with too much to do when the spinners came on. The side lost three wickets as well and off the ten overs that were bowled by the likes of Ojha, Mishra and Duminy, only 37 runs were hit.

This loss now puts a lot of pressure on the side as they will now look to ensure that the side wins the next two games in a row. If they don’t, they run the risk of struggling to get through to the last four stage.