On Saturday, Rajasthan Royals (RR) were defeated by Mumbai Indians (MI) at Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The win helped Mumbai open their account this season and ended their 8-match losing streak.
MI opener Ishan Kishan expressed that his team now wants to win all upcoming games and give a strong competition to the other teams in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.
After the Royals were defeated by five wickets to get off the mark in the competition, Kishan was elated to have his team on the winning side, on captain Rohit Sharma's birthday.
Kishan went on to state that his team wants to win all remaining games and make it tough for the other teams in IPL 2022. The MI currently languish at the bottom of the points table and are out of the race for IPL Playoffs.
"It does (victory means a lot) because it's not an easy time for us. We need to stick together as a team. We didn't win matches earlier, but loved the effort put by the team today. You will lose wickets, you will score runs, such things happen in cricket. The intent from every batter was to finish the game. Hopefully, we win a few more matches in the upcoming games," Kishan said after the game.
"I was keeping for 20 overs and figured out that the wicket wasn't easy to score sixes. My intent was to get boundaries in the powerplay to make it easier for all the other batters, so that they could come in and score freely. We want to win all the games and make the tournament tough. We need to forget this match and focus on the next game now," the wicketkeeper-batsman concluded.
MI will take on table-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT) next on Friday at Brabourne Stadium.