MI’s run-in with the injuries began when retained allrounder Hayley Matthews sustained a quad niggle in a practice game after landing in Mumbai, to throw off their plans for a new opening pairing in this WPL cycle. When the replacement overseas star clicked, the temptation to persist was far too strong. Nat Sciver-Brunt’s illness, along with frequent other combination tweaks saw their best foreign assets rested and rotated. It was unlike MI to shuffle their overseas quartet. To compound their woes, some of the frontline domestic picks couldn’t deliver. Together, these robbed them of continuity, and the campaign slowly slipped away due to so many moving parts.
