Sanjay Manjrekar said that MI's batting unit needs to step up, and Pandya's form in particular has been a cause of worry for the side.
Manjrekar lauded Chahar's ability to generate swing early in the game and also added that the bowler is among the "top-5 or top-6" pacers in India.
Moeen opened only twice in IPL before scoring 14 runs in 10 balls. However, across T20 leagues, he has opened 37 times, scoring 1116 runs in 699 balls at a strike rate of 159.7 with a century and six fifties.
In the match against Delhi Capitals, Dhoni was bowled off an inside edge off the bowling of Avesh, as he tried to pull a delivery to the mid-wicket boundary.
Manjrekar, however, noted that there were no "obvious mistakes" in his captaincy and that he made some good decisions throughout the game.
Against Punjab Kings, Samson hammered 119 off 63 balls but his heroics were not enough to seal the win for the Royals.
Sanjay Manjrekar named the two players who can shed the 'inconsistent' tag in the 2021 IPL season.
In the past two games in Chennai, the batting collapses in the final stages of the chase for KKR and SRH cost them the win.
Sunrisers Hyderabad crumbled under pressure for the second sconsecutive game as RCB made it two in two for the second time in IPL history in a single season.
Despite his worst ever IPL season last year in the UAE where he scored 108 runs in 106 balls for Kings XI Punjab, Maxwell was roped in by RCB for a whopping INR14.25 crore in the auction earlier this year in Chennai.
Since 2018, Kohli has a strike rate of 133.1 in T20 cricket which includes 121.4 in IPL 2020 and 113.8 in the only game he played this season.
Sanjay Manjrekar talked about the KKR player and also explained why the side's captain, Eoin Morgan has struggled in the two games so far.
Manjrekar further added that Hardik's bowling might come in handy for Mumbai in Chennai conditions where the defending champions will play four more games.
Rana bolstered KKR's top-order with his quick-fire 56-ball 80, laced with 9 fours and 4 maximums.
Manjrekar feels that Mumbai Indians have a far weaker spin-bowling attack compared to the other eight teams in the tournament.
Samson hit a six in the 4th ball of the over and brought the equation down to 5 from 2 balls. However, he denied the strike to Morris on the penultimate delivery.
Sanjay Manjrekar felt that Kohli's tactical decisions and team selection were spot-on during the recently-lost first Test to England but he was far from impressed with the 32-year-old captain's overall strategies.
The former cricketer criticises fellow Mumbaikar's poor patch of form since his mercurial century in the Melbourne Test with the batsman just managing a solitary run in Chennai.
Legendary India opener Sunil Gavaskar was also unhappy with Rohit's 'irresponsible' shot.
On the first day of the on-going Sydney Test, the hosts ended up scoring 166/2, with debutant Will Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne notching up half-centuries.
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