Zaheer Khan during a post-match press conference in Dubai on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians struggle continues IPL 2021 was further extended when the defending champions went down for a third consecutive defeat on Sunday night. The team, currently ranked sixth in the table, were handed their latest drubbing by Harshal Patel, who took a hat-trick in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 54-run victory in Dubai.
MI Director of Cricket Zaheer Khan, while speaking to the media in a virtual press conference, felt Mumbai Indians were responsible for getting themselves into this mess and the batting form in the night, where they scored 111 runs chasing 165, was a concern. was the subject. The pitch had no role in this.
“The wicket was just fine. You can find out from this how the team that batted first went and how we started. It’s just a form-based situation for us, the middle order didn’t really fire for us in these last three games. Which has put a lot of pressure. Losing wickets after a start like this will never help you recover.”
“We haven’t been able to take ourselves that easy. You have to have 40 good overs of cricket to win the match. We are playing well in patches and we haven’t been able to sustain that,” Zaheer said. “It’s been like that so far. We have to move things really fast, it’s going to be an important match for us and it’s important that the team stays together. Hunger and determination are going to be really important MI We haven’t seen the way aggressive cricket is known to show.”
Spinner Rahul Chahar, who is also a part of India’s T20 World Cup squad, has had a tough time picking up a wicket with just one wicket in the second leg. The bowler conceded 33 runs for just one wicket against RCB but Zaheer said the young spinner is bowling well and it is only a matter of time before he finds his momentum.
He said, ‘If you are comparing it with the wickets, then you can say so. But I am happy with the way he is bowling. The ball is coming out of his hand. going,” he said.
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