Ravi Shastri questions Rohit Sharma’s tactics, unhappy about his handling of Jasprit Bumrah

Ravi Shastri questions Rohit Sharma’s tactics, unhappy about his handling of Jasprit Bumrah

Ravi Shastri and Rohit Sharma

Ravi Shastri, the former India cricketer and head coach questioned Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma’s tactics in handling pacer Jasprit Bumrah against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday at the MCA Stadium in Pune.

Ravi Shastri pointed out that Bumrah shouldn’t be just kept for the death overs when Mumbai’s bowling attack isn’t strong like they used to be in previous years.

“I just feel the use of Bumrah has to be better. Sometimes you’re not getting the best out of him because you don’t have depth in your bowling. So instead of looking for the wickets, you just keep him for one or two players or for the death (slog overs),” Ravi Shastri told Star Sports.

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“At the time it doesn’t matter if you’re Bumrah or anyone, you will go for runs. If the batsman is in that kind of mood, if the momentum is with the batting side at that stage, you will go for runs.”

“You would rather use him to get wickets at important periods, rather than keeping all those overs at the back, waiting for if Russell I’ll give Bumrah. But then, if it’s too late, there’s no Russell, someone else did the job.”

“Bumrah has to be used better, the attacking options have to be used better, you cannot keep them for the tail end of the innings just because there are one or two big hitters in the side. You’ve got to try and knock them over early, try and get some early wickets to put some serious pressure on the opposition. In the first six overs, when there’s a sticky track, spongy bounce there, there is bounce. You can try and knock over at least three wickets if not more.” Ravi Shastri added.

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Pat Cummins snatches Mumbai Indians’ first victory in IPL 2022

Ravi Shastri
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KKR won the toss and opted to bowl first. With the help pf Suryakumar Yadav’s 52 off 36 deliveries, MI were able to score 161. KKR’s top order, in response, failed to add much runs and its Andre Russell who was thought of hitting big scores. But he got out after his meager 11 and Pat Cummins did something which makes this match a memorable one.

Pat Cummins snatched MI’s first victory in IPL 2022 by slamming the fastest joint-fifty off 14 balls and ended up scoring 56 unbeaten off 15 balls. This brilliant knock of Cummins left MI in awe and lifted KKR to the top of the points table while MI still remains at the bottom after losing three games in a row.

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