IPL 2018: Middle order's poor shot selection letting Mumbai Indians down, says Gavaskar

What the last couple of games has shown is that the trend of the first week, where teams chasing won the matches, has slowly changed. Teams batting first are now winning games if they put up a big score on the board.

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If they get off to a flier, then there is a good chance of them getting close to 200. That is often enough, as the chasing team is under pressure to keep up with the asking rate of nearly 10 runs an over.

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If then the chasing team loses a couple of wickets, the rate can climb to 12 or above, and that again piles up pressure, for not too many people are capable of taking their team over the line.

MS Dhoni came very near to doing that against the Kings XI Punjab. His blistering attack fell just short but what a thrill it was to see him hit those big sixes. So the Chennai team's winning start has been halted but Sunrisers Hyderabad keep on winning and have made an impressive start to their season.

Mumbai Indians haven't yet won a game and though they have been slow starters in the last few seasons of the IPL, they will be anxious to get on the points table as they are the only team so far without a point against their name.

They will have to bat much better than they have so far. Their tactic of sending Suryakumar Yadav to open worked brilliantly and with Evin Lewis and Ishan Kishanalso scoring quickly, they were in a good position to post more than 200.