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Defending champs MI just a few decimal points away from hitting rock bottom

With this defeat against Royal Challengers Banglore, Mumbai Indians are on the verge of an exit from the tournament

Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya bat slips from his hand against  Royal Challengers Bangalore during the IPL 2018 cricket match at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Photo: PTI
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Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya bat slips from his hand against Royal Challengers Bangalore during the IPL 2018 cricket match at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Photo: PTI

Anish KumarShivansh Jauhri
It is just like music. We listen to a song, fall in love with the lyrics, the music, the variation in pitch and we end up playing the song in a loop until we get bored of it. For Mumbai Indians, however, the loop is never-ending. They start the match like true defending champions, give all they have to intimidate the opposition, somewhere in the middle of the match, they start losing the plot, opposition gains the upper-hand and by the end of the match, Mumbai Indians gift two points to the opposing team. This is a loop and MI