"Parampara-Pratishtha-Anushasan!"- Fans roast MI as they once again lose their first game against DC in IPL 2022
Mumbai Indians (MI) once again failed to win the opening game of their IPL season as the Delhi Capitals (DC) romped home in the end with ten balls to spare.
Rohit Sharma and his men have now failed to win their first game of the tournament since 2012.
Mumbai posted a competitive total of 177 in their 20 overs, thanks to a fantastic 81 from Ishan Kishan. They also picked up some early wickets and put DC on the back foot.
But when it all looked set for the Mumbai Indians to finally break their jinx of losing their first game, it once again fell apart for them.
Fans on Twitter trolled the Mumbai Indians for continuing their trend of losing their first game of the season. Here are some of the reactions:
Ever since Daredevils changed to Capitals, even if we play schoolkids in our first match against MI, we beat them
Absolute heist this from Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel. MI bottled it with Thampi and Sams just falling apart, but the Delhi lads hung in so well - to go from a required rate of just under 12, to winning with 10 balls to spare is pretty ridiculous
MI's opening game juju is incredible to beat. This match was dead and buried.
What an absolute piece of trash #DanielSams is...his was the only MI purchase that made my blood boil. Can’t bowl anywhere in an innings...BBL produces a load of Grade-A junk, but IPL teams still attach themselves to that junk. #DCvMI #IPL2022
A match MI should have never lost, it's surely going to be the case in this IPL with this bowling attack!! #MI #IPL
Our gunman took revenge against MI. https://t.co/FrlrmKdxwV
Mumbai Indians losing their first game of IPL season https://t.co/vqf4SvstAm
What did I say about Daniel Sams bowling? It doesn't take a genius to figure out that he is a mug with the ball.
He is only playing just because he is a very good hitter down the order, like Lord Thakur!
Sams & Bumrah combined conceded 100 in 7.3 overs. Never thought I could be writing both names together in such a stat.
Daniel Sams on his way to turn off his Instagram comment section https://t.co/se8z0KAVCn
Slower ball specialists from BBL have hardly ever worked in the IPL. Sams is just another name in that list. Didn't work for Delhi either in the 2020 season.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Enjoy Sams"We are Mi we can make every fraud work" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😢🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Enjoy Sams
MI fans: We'll definitely win our first game.
MI: #DCvMI #IPL2022 https://t.co/f1Rq26GAa8
CSK meeting MI at the bottom of the points table https://t.co/S2r8HsDnJu
Daniel Sams be like :- https://t.co/yxDZPCnwTu
MI continue their first-game jinx after loss against DC
DC needed a good start from their openers and Tim Seifert flew out of the blocks, playing some delightful strokes. But Murugan Ashwin brought MI roaring back with two wickets in his first over.
MI kept on chipping away with wickets at regular intervals and despite a handy cameo from Shardul Thakur, it looked like DC were way behind in the game. However, Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav got together and began to find the boundary consistently.
The duo kept the required run-rate in check and targeted the likes of Daniel Sams towards the end. Jasprit Bumrah also had a forgetful outing as the Mumbai Indians just couldn't stop the flow of boundaries.
In the end, Patel and Yadav added an incredible 75 runs for the seventh wicket and DC won in a canter. MI will need to go back to the drawing board and analyze why they weren't able to finish off the game despite being in the driver's seat.
DC, on the other hand, would be in high spirits as despite having just two overseas players available, they managed to get the points on the board straightaway.
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