Mumbai Indian is lacking in confidence, said Michael Vaughan
Michael Vaughan believes the cause of bad performance of Mumbai Indians (MI)’s in IPL 2021 is their batting engine room’s lack of confidence.
The former English captain’s remarks came after MI’s heavy defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday. He said the MI batting lineup, particularly the middle order, is facing tough travails in the T20 format where a turnaround from poor form is the most difficult.
Michael Vaughan said:
“Particularly that engine room for the Mumbai Indians has lost the confidence, they haven’t lost completely because they are all very good but just for this split second in their careers, a few of them have lost confidence.”
“I think what it shows is that T20 cricket is the one format where if you lose your confidence as a batting group… it’s the hardest to get back into form because you don’t have the time, that element of the 50-over game where you can bat 10-15 balls or Test cricket where you can play for time. In T20 cricket you still have to be proactive and play your shots and then fortune might not go your way and you lose more confidence.