IPL 2021: “Something is missing in our batting line-up” – Rohit Sharma reflects on loss against PBKS

IPL 2021: “Something is missing in our batting line-up” – Rohit Sharma reflects on loss against PBKS

Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians (MI) slumped to their third loss of the season against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The defending champions looked far from their best on a tricky pitch as no batsman with the exception of skipper Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, for PBKS, it was a much-needed victory as they arrested their three-match losing streak in the tournament.

Earlier, MI got to a score of 131, riding on a half-century from Rohit Sharma. Apart from him and Suryakumar Yadav, none of the other MI batters were able to find rhythm. In the chase, PBKS had it easy as KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal got them off to a flyer. After the latter lost his wicket, Chris Gayle struck some lusty blows to ensure that the match was done and dusted in 17.4 overs.

Rohit Sharma reflects on loss to PBKS

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma spoke post-match about the loss and said, “Not enough runs. I still feel it is not a bad wicket to bat on. You saw how they batted and won the game by 9 wickets. It is just the application which is missing in our batting. If you get 150-160 on this wicket then you are always in the game, that is something we failed to do in the last two games. You can look at it either way, I thought their bowlers bowled well in the powerplay. We have batted well in the powerplay but today we failed to do so.”

Rohit Sharma was then a bit worried when he said, “Something is missing in our batting line-up, we are not able 20 overs in the fashion we want and something that we have to look at and see what we can do. It was just a tactical thing, we wanted someone who would bat well against the spinners and SKY was the one to do that. But when you play on such a challenging pitch then you have to be ready for all the possibilities. When you try, if it works it looks good and if it doesn’t then it looks bad.”

MI’s next match is against Rajasthan Royals on the 29th of April.

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