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Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has called on his team's batting unit to take more "responsibility" after Sunday's 36-run defeat to Lucknow Super Giants stretched their winless run in the Indian Premier League to eight matches.
Krunal Pandya delivered a brilliant spell with the ball as he took three wickets against Mumbai Indians to help Lucknow Super Giants register a 36-run win at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday to move to fourth spot in the IPL points table. Krunal also dismissed his former Mumbai Indians teammate Kieron Pollard and celebrated the wicket by kissing the right-hander on the head. However, Pollard had no reaction to it and simply walked off.
(Reuters) - Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma called on his team's batsmen to step up their game after Sunday's 36-run defeat by the Lucknow Super Giants stretched their winless run in the Indian Premier League to eight matches.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma called on his team's batsmen to step up their game after Sunday's 36-run defeat by the Lucknow Super Giants stretched their winless run in the Indian Premier League to eight matches.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was all praise for T Natarajan, saying that the SunRisers Hyderabad pacer has regained confidence in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after overcoming injury setbacks. Natarajan, who was bought back by SRH for INR 4 crore during the IPL auction, is currently the second-highest wicket-taker of the season with 15 wickets from seven matches. Gavaskar was extremely impressed by the left-arm pacer for putting in the hard yards, adding that Natarajan is definitely up for a comeback to the Indian cricket team.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has hailed Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul as a dynamic player who is going to bear the fruits of success in the years to come because he has matured way beyond his age. KL Rahul has been scoring runs for fun in the ongoing IPL 2022 and the explosive right-handed batter is second after Rajasthan Royals' opener Jos Buttler in the Orange Cap standings. Praising the 30-year-old batter's belligerent knocks in IPL 2022, Pietersen stated it's never easy for a player to consistently do well for every franchise but the star India cricketer is doing it year after year.
Indian Premier League (IPL), Dinesh Karthik has been a revelation as a finisher for his team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). With 210 runs in seven matches at a whopping average of 210 and strike-rate of 205.88, including being not out six times, Karthik excelling in the finishing role and taking RCB out of tricky situations has been one of the chief reasons in the franchise being in top three on the points table. Ravi Shastri, former India head coach, credits clarity of thought and hunger to score runs for Karthik producing terrific performances as a finisher in IPL 2022.
The swashbuckling David Warner says Prithvi Shaw, his opening partner at Delhi Capitals, is taking the pressure off him and "my quick twos out of the equation" with his equally aggressive approach in the ongoing IPL. The duo of Warner and Shaw has formed a destructive combination at the top of the order, giving the team some excellent starts including adding 81 runs in the six power play overs against Punjab Kings on Wednesday. Speaking about his new opening partner, Warner said on Star Sports, "I am absolutely loving it (opening innings with Shaw). Look how fast his hands are and his eyes are incredible.