Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma spoke about the MI bowling options after despite a superlative win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mohali on May 3, 2023. This was after MI was set to chase a 215-run target.
Against PBKS, MI bowlers gave away 214 runs before the batters chased down a total over 200 for the second consecutive time. Mumbai have conceded over 200 runs in all of their last four matches.
”It is something that we need to look at, certain options we need to take in the middle of the overs, how to shut off overs. It’s been three or four games where we have conceded 200, so we need to find those options in the middle,” Rohit said in the post-match presentation.
Rohit also added that the average score in IPL has also gone up in recent years.
”When we started the T20 format, 140-150 was a winning score. But look at this one. Plus one extra batter makes a huge difference as well. Not just to us but across the IPL. I just checked that the average score this IPL is 180,” the MI skipper added.
Suryakumar Yadav scored a brilliant 66 and has shown that he had gotten his old form back after a lean patch. Rohit was not surprised to see his teammate do the usual and added that his team’s mantra is to play fearlessly.
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”Look, he has been doing that for the last couple of years. To play behind the wicket, that’s his strength and he utilized it really well. Surya and Kishan batted brilliantly and good finish by Tim and Tilak. Before the start of the season, we spoke about how we want to play our cricket. With the bat, we just wanted to go out there and play fearlessly and not worry about the results. Often when you think about the results you move away from your plans. But we talked right at the start that we want to be fearless,” he said.
Furthermore, Rohit was praiseful of Ishan Kishan, who smoked 75 in 41 balls.
”(Kishan) is a little man but he has got a lot of power. He practices those shots that we saw today. So what matters is what he does off the field and it comes off on the field,” Rohit signed off.
(IPL inputs)
