Mumbai Indians huddle during Match 54 of the TATA Indian Premier League 2026 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur, India, on May 10, 2026. (CREIMAS) The Mumbai Indians were eliminated from the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs’ contention after their narrow 2-run defeat against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Raipur on Sunday. With RCB needing 15 from the last over, a lot of eyebrows were raised when MI skipper Suryakumar Yadav gave the ball to the relative inexperienced Raj Angad Bawa. The youngster started well, even taking the wicket of Romario Shepherd but he gave away too many extras which ultimately saw RCB win the match. Former India player Aakash Chopra also questioned Mumbai ’s decision of giving the ball to Bawa in the last over instead of Afghanistan’s Allah Ghazanfar who had an over left in his quota. He also failed to understand why Mumbai would bring Raghu Sharma in as an Impact Player but not use him.…