'Not The End...': Ryan Rickelton Admits Defeat To PBKS Wake-Up Call For MI

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 14:07 IST

Ahead of IPL 2025 playoffs, Ryan Rickelton feels that Mumbai Indians, who volition play the Eliminator, person areas to improve.

Mumbai Indians finished 4th connected the points table. (BCCI Photo)

Mumbai Indians opener Ryan Rickelton acknowledged that the seven-wicket nonaccomplishment to Punjab Kings was a “wake-up call," but helium remains assured that the five-time champions tin triumph the IPL Eliminator.

Mumbai missed the accidental to unafraid a top-two finish, faltering successful their last league crippled against PBKS connected Monday. The decision means they volition present vie successful the Eliminator connected Thursday, facing either Gujarat Titans oregon Sunrisers Hyderabad.

“They outplayed us… truthful it was a spot of a wake-up call," Rickelton said astatine the post-match property conference.

Asked to bat first, MI posted an underwhelming 184/7, which the Kings chased down with 9 balls to spare.

The wicketkeeper-batter noted that Mumbai has areas to amended earlier the knockouts.

“It’s not the extremity of the world. In each honesty, the squad is clicking precise nicely; we conscionable request to fine-tune 1 oregon 2 things with the bat, ball, and fielding arsenic well.

“We’ve got the skills and radical to triumph the Eliminator. The guys volition decidedly absorption connected the areas we request to improve, and I’m definite we’ll enactment up a beardown performance," helium said.

Reflecting connected the show against PBKS, the South African felt MI were 20 runs abbreviated of a competitory total.

“We were evidently astir 20 runs short. That said, we didn’t caput batting first. We cognize that if we tin acceptable up a bully level and station a full betwixt 200 and 220, with our bowling attack, we’re usually successful a beardown position.

“Historically, we’ve defended 200 rather well. It wasn’t a script we were dreading. I conscionable deliberation we mislaid wickets astatine important moments, and that prevented america from getting those other 20 runs we were aiming for."

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