Consecutive losses in the opening matches are extremely disappointing

Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shane Bond has admitted that the former champions’ consistent failure to win their season opener in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is extremely disappointing.The five-time champions suffered an eight-wicket defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. This is the 11th consecutive time when Mumbai lost the first match of the season. The team last won the opening match of the season in 2012 by defeating Chennai Super Kings.”This is my ninth season with the team and we haven’t won our first match yet,” Bond said at -match press conference. That’s why there is despair. The competition here is tough and it is always better to win than lose. It’s a troubling way to start the season. Bond praised fast bowler Mohammad Siraj, who conceded just 21 runs in four overs, scalping the wicket of Ishan Kishan.He said, “Siraj was very good against us today. Didn’t give any chance in Siraj’s first three overs (just five runs). He made good use of his bouncers. He forced us to play a few shots and got wickets from it.Bond said, “We could only score 29 runs in the power play on an easy wicket to bat but our batting order is long. We tried but could only reach 170. His opening spell was brilliant.” For Mumbai, apart from Tilak Verma, none of the batsmen failed to make an impact.Verma scored an unbeaten 84 off 46 balls, helping the team post a respectable score of 171 for 7.Bond said, “Tilak performed brilliantly, but he did not get much help. I think 170 was not enough on a small ground. I think we should have scored 190 or more. ”””’ Bond said, ′′ We didn’t bowl well. We knew how important the opening pair partnership was going to be. We could not break it and also failed to create pressure.