Ashwani Kumar, the youthful gift from the Mumbai Indians, participated in how he planned to attack the flat pitch at Mullanpur after being brought in as an impact cover during a crucial match against the Gujarat elephants in the IPL. Ashwani, a left- arm quick, has shown why MI believed in him all season. While Mumbai was trying to defend a hefty score of 228/5, Gujarat came out swinging, keeping up with the needed rate by reaching 106/2 half through their innings. MI captain Hardik Pandya and the platoon operation knew they had to shake effects up
. Just before the 11th over, they decided to bring in Ashwani rather of educated nature Rohit Sharma, giving Mumbai another pace bowler for the alternate half. As soon as he stepped onto the field, Ashwani took the ball in the 12th over and snappily made his presence felt. He managed to stop Gujarat from hitting too numerous boundaries and held them to just 21 runs in the last three balls of the over after Richard Gleeson could n’t finish hisSpell
. After the game, Ashwani talked about the strategy sessions, mentioning that they considered bringing in an spinner but eventually decided on him. He credited trainers Lasith Malinga and Paras Mhambrey for their support. The plan was to be careful. The pitch was flat, and an spinner could’ve worked too. But I got the nod, and Malinga sir and Paras helped me with some strategies, he said.
His hard work paid off when he caught Shahrukh Khan’s shot right into Suryakumar Yadav’s hands in the final over, finishing with numbers of 1/28 in 3.3 overs. I concentrated on my plan and played to my strengths. I just wanted to avoid any wide or no- ball during those last three balls, he added.
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Mumbai’s 20 victory runs started with Rohit smashing 81 runs and Hardik finishing strong, taking Mumbai to 228/6. Gujarat fought back with Sai Sudharsan scoring 80 off 49 balls but eventually could n’t handle the pressure, giving Mumbai a spot in Qualifier 2 against Punjab kings on Sunday.
