16 May,2011 06:46 AM IST | | A Correspondent
Mumbai Indians had a golden chance on Saturday to seal their play-offs berth after restricting Deccan Chargers to 135-5 in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Wankhede Stadium. But MI stumbled in their chase and managed to score only 125-8 in 20 overs. It was Sachin Tendulkar & Co's second successive defeat.
However, Rohit Sharma assured that there is no need to panic. "We have five days to discuss what went wrong and see to it that we don't make the same mistakes again. It is important to maintain a good atmosphere in the team," he said after MI's 10-run loss.
Tendulkar was critical about the pitch in the post-match presentation. "Not to our liking," he said.
Rohit admitted that there was distinct lack of application on their part. "We did not apply ourselves. The track was dry and slow. It was not the perfect batting track. We played some poor shots," he said.
Man of the match Amit Mishra felt the last over by Munaf Patel, in which the visitors slammed 23 runs, was the turning point of the match. "I felt that (Munaf's over) was the main point of the match. Twenty three runs came in that over," Mishra said.
On his altercation with Munaf, he said, "It happens. It's not that it has never happened with me before. It's just that I have never shown my anger on the field."
