<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/apr/25rohit.jpg" alt="" /> Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma plays a shot against Rising Pune Supergiant. Pic/ AFP
Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma cracked his second half-century of this Indian Premier League (IPL) season but could not prevent his team from suffering their second loss to the Rising Pune Supergiant in a nail-biting encounter at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday.
Needing 24 off the last 12 balls, Ben Stokes bowled an economical penultimate over and conceded just seven runs, leaving MI with an onerous task of scoring 17 runs off the final six balls. Bowling the last over, Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Hardik Pandya with his first delivery, but Rohit smashed the bowler for a six to bring the equation down to 11 from four balls. The left-arm seamer, though, had the last laugh as he had the MI skipper caught and bowled for a brilliant 39-ball 58. Harbhajan Singh struck the last ball for a six, but that was not enough for the home team.
"It is disappointing after being so close. I thought we tried our best, gave everything we could, but it was disappointing not to finish the game. I don't want to be too critical of our performance," Rohit said.
"We lost wickets in the middle, and that was a blip in our performance. Overall, it was a great game. The pitch was a little dry and was assisting the spinners. Our spinners did the job pretty well. You need to understand the pace you have to bowl on the Wankhede wicket, which I think their bowlers did well," added Rohit.

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma puts last night's three-run defeat to Rising Pune Supergiant at Wankhede in perspective; refuses to slam team

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