There is a reason why Mumbai Indians (MI) is the most successful Indian Premier League franchise — it thrives even when barely allowed to live.
This season, the record five-time champion has missed the services of Jasprit Bumrah, seen an undercooked Jofra Archer go in and out of the XI and lost sleep over the meagre batting returns of Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma. Of the first seven matches, it had lost four.