The Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma has commended his bowlers for executing the tactics with impressive precision after they stole victory in another close match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on Saturday.
Defending the target of 151 runs, the Mumbai Indians were under pressure at the star as the Sunrisers' openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow were going great guns and had posted 67 on the board for the first wicket.
But, just when it appeared that they will take the game away from Mumbai, Bairstow fell in an unfortunate manner. His wicket led to chaos for the Sunrisers as the Mumbai bowling attack bowled with impeccable discipline and tightened the noose around the Sunrisers batsmen.
“It was a great effort from the bowling unit. We knew it was not going to be easy and when you have a pitch like that and the bowlers are executing the plans, it makes it easy for the captain to manoeuvre the field and keep having those options of your bowling changes,” Rohit said at the post-match presentation.
The MI captain also appreciated the fielding efforts of his team. “I thought our fielding was pretty good today, those two runs-outs, few catches, that is something we take a lot of pride in,” he said.
MI were restricted to 150/5 in 20 overs earlier. According to Sharma, it was a decent total on a kind of pitch they got in Chennai on Saturday. “I thought it was a good score on that pitch and the way we came out and bowled and showed that attitude on the field was very important, it was great team performance,” Rohit said.
While the Mumbai franchise grabbed their second win on the trot in the tournament, SRH suffered third straight defeat during the course.
After beginning the chase in a steady manner, SRH lost wickets at regular intervals to be left tottering at 130/7 and were eventually bundled out for 137 to lose the match by 13 runs. Bairstow top-scored for them with 43 off 22.