IPL 2016: Glenn Maxwell blames bowling, fielding fiasco for loss against Mumbai Indians

Kings XI Punjab all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said that the team's loss against the Mumbai Indians at Mohali was due to a lacklustre bowling and fielding performance at the post-match press conference on Monday.

"If you look at the scoreboard after 12 overs, I think they were at a 108-109 for 1 which is ridiculous. We had done so well throughout that Powerplay and all we needed was one or two more breakthroughs. But we let them slip. Our fielding has let us down massively in this game," he said.

KXIP lost by 25 runs as they were unable to chase a target of 189 posted by the defending champions at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium. They have lost five out of the six matches they have played in the tournament so far this season, with their only victory being against Rising Pune Supergiants on April 17 at Mohali.

"Honestly, I think anything can happen in this game. We are going to need to do a lot of things right that we have been doing wrong so far. We need to be honest with each other. We haven't been good enough in all three facets in a complete game yet.

"But we've got to do everything right from now on. We just have to be clinical in what we do with the bat, ball and in the field. We're just lacking a bit of polish at the moment and I'm sure that's going to hopefully come after this short little break before we head to Rajkot and take on Gujarat Lions."

The Australian middle-order mainstay scored his first half-century of the season, making 56 off 39 and put up a partnership of 89 runs with Shaun Marsh after a top-order collapse.

He felt that too many extras in the game proved costly at the end of the day. "We had Parthiv (Patel) a couple of times but there was no ball and the stumping was a little bit too slow. We are giving the opposition a lot of chances while they are not giving us any chances which is probably the reason why we are at the bottom of the table and not winning games.

"We did the same thing for (Ambati) Rayudu. He gets dropped at deep midwicket and that opened up the game. Again, he's able to play his free natural flowing game, hits a couple of sixes and puts us back under pressure."

Maxwell was fined 25% of his match fees after the game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad for ‘abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings.’ Marsh was given a warning and was also reprimanded for the same.