IPL 2021: As such, Former West Indies quick bowler Ian Cleric has expressed that the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) overcautious batting approach is hurting them in the UAE leg of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL).
The defending champions surrendered to their moment progressive overcome. The competition, going down to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by seven wickets in Abu Dhabi. Earlier, they lost to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 20 runs.
MI got off to an impressive start with the bat and was well-placed at 80 for 1 at the midway organize. However, they fizzled to quicken and finished up posting a below-par add up to 155 for 6.
Bishop blamed MI’s destitute batting technique within the second half of the innings for the loss. According to him, the group cannot anticipate somebody like Kieron Pollard to fire at the passing in each game.
“The powerplay ended up being reasonable as MI got 56. Then, at the backend, Pollard was going reasonably well. But you cannot score less than six runs and over from overs 7 to 15. No matter how well Narine, Chakravarthy, and Prasidh Krishna bowled, you cannot do that. That’s playing Russian roulette, in case the backend doesn’t come off. Let’s not forget, Hardik Pandya is not there either. That is also something MI is missing,” Bishop pointed out.
IPL 2021: MI openers Rohit Sharma (33) and Quinton de Kock (55) included 78 for the opening wicket in 9.2 overs. In any case, Suryakumar Yadav (5) and Ishan Kishan (14) might not build on the start as MI completely lost momentum.
Deep Dasgupta
Concurring to former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta, MI is suffering since they are trying to alter the template. Which has brought them unparalleled victory.
Conceding that the struggling center order and Hardik’s absence are proving to be a disable for the defending champions. Dasgupta opined that MI ought to not deviate from their unique winning formula.
“When I look at MI’s body language, there are some cracks appearing in their invincibility. They are still a very good side. These surfaces and venues here, actually help MI, the kind of squad they have. Again, they have a certain kind of template and that has been so successful. These players have followed that template for the last so many years because they have been part of the set-up,” Dasgupta said.
“Suddenly, just because a couple of players are not in form and one is injured, you cannot change this template. It doesn’t come that easy because you are so used to playing in a certain way. I think they should just go back to playing the way they do. They have that experience to be a little more careful in how they go about things.” he added
However, MI has slipped to 6th position within the IPL 2021 points table, with four wins and five losses from nine games.
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