Piyush Chawla, a former Indian cricket player, gives the Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians (MI) high marks for their spectacular return in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The Mumbai-based team has won consecutive games and is currently in third place on the points table after dropping their first four IPL games. They have never returned to the IPL with such vigour before.
This time, the bowlers made breakthroughs when it mattered most, and the batters came through. The team now appears to be fairly balanced. If MI continues to win their next games, they have a solid chance of making it to the playoffs. Pandya has done admirably in the majority of the games and has amazing captaincy abilities. He is now receiving the team’s much-needed support, which is unquestionably beneficial.
After analysing their bowling and batting performances, Piyush Chawla concluded that the team’s apparent balance is encouraging. Since Rohit Sharma has scored consecutive half-centuries in the last two games, there is no longer any worry about him.
“At the present, they are having success. Their recent triumphs have all been resounding wins, which is indicative of the type of cricket they play. They haven’t actually faced any difficulties. The middle order isn’t even given an opportunity to bat, the bowlers are performing their duties, and the hitters are killing it with the bat.
Any squad can take heart from it,” Piyush Chawla stated on JioStar.
For this reason, we frequently assert that the Mumbai Indians are a team that understands how to rally and take the initiative. Although Rohit Sharma’s lack of runs raised worries before, he has performed admirably in the last two games. He continued by saying, “Hardik Pandya is in excellent form, both with the bat and the ball, which gives him a lot of confidence and reflects in his captaincy as well.”
According to Hayden on SRH, “the simplest explanation is just lack of confidence.”
The ‘loss of confidence’ was the true cause of SRH’s dismal performance in April 2025, according to former Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden. The Hyderabad-based team is currently in ninth place on the point table after failing to demonstrate their abilities despite having a strong IPL start. Their confidence was shattered primarily because they lost four straight games.
“The most straightforward explanation is simply insufficient confidence. It’s difficult to recover when you start losing the way SRH has. They were regarded as benchmark hitters, but that is no longer the case. The middle order has had problems as a result. It all boils down to rebuilding trust throughout the squad, not just in the top order,” Hayden stated.
“They must put their own game first and quit overanalysing. The former Australia legend came to the conclusion that “SRH is currently chasing this tournament, chasing combinations, and even chasing the strength that used to be their powerful batting unit.”
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