Mumbai Indians secured another convincing win against SunRisers Hyderabad in Match 9 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. Although they failed to score quickly in the middle overs, two sixes off the final two deliveries from Kieron Pollard took them to 150/5 before the stunning bowling show saw SRH face another collapse of a 13-run win. While Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma backed his bowlers, he also admitted that they should take more responsibility in the batting in the middle overs.
“I thought we had a good score for this pitch. You saw both the teams capitalizing on the powerplay. Having said that, we can do better in the middle overs. All the players are experienced enough to do that,” Rohit Sharma said in the post-match presentation. “But I don’t want to take credit away from them, when you have guys like Rashid and Mujeeb bowling it’s not easy.”
Rohit Sharma also opened up on the Chennai pitch which is a slow one and also difficult to bat on as well on that pitch.
“The pitch is getting slower and slower, bowlers are always in the game till 20 overs. Even the seamers it’s not easy to get them away and the slowish nature makes it harder for the batsman to slog straight away. You need one set batsman at the end, just need some intelligent batting,” he again shared.
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“Great effort from the bowling unit, we knew it was not going to be easy. When you have a pitch like that and the bowlers execute, it makes it easy for a captain,” Rohit Sharma said about his bowlers as well.
Rohit Sharma also applauded his team’s fielding efforts, especially Hardik Pandya who was involved in two direct-hit run-outs to dismiss David Warner and Abdul Samad.
“I thought our fielding was good today, that’s something we take pride in, we want to be the best unit in the tournament,” he concluded.
Mumbai Indians have now two wins in their name out of three matches so far in the cash-rich league, and they are currently on top of the table too. They will take on Delhi Capitals in their next game on Tuesday, April 20.
