Mumbai Indians and opening games in the Indian Premier League. It is a match made in hell. If there is one major weakness for Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians, it is their inability to win their opening games. The loss to Chennai Super Kings was their sixth consecutive loss in the UAE, having lost five on the trot during the 2014 edition of the IPL that was partly held in the UAE and in India due to the General Elections. However, the loss on Saturday prolonged yet another miserable stat for Rohit Sharma’s side.
The five-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings was Mumbai Indians’ eight loss in an opening game of the Indian Premier League. Ever since they started playing opening games in the IPL in 2013, they have lost every single match.
Their first opening game of IPL was in 2013 against Royal Challengers Bangalore and they lost by two runs. In IPL 2014, they once again…