Hardik Pandya | MI captain: The way the wicket played, we were definitely 20 runs short. That happens, we've been playing really good cricket, we couldn't play our best cricket and that costed us. IPL is like that, this franchise has won five trophies, it has always been tough. Anytime if you take the leg off the accelerator, the other teams are also keen to win. The message would be simple, this was just a blip, learn from this look forward for the knockouts. It's too fresh, we'll identify later but overall, we were definitely 20 runs short. We could have capitalised either in the start or in the middle, we'll figure it out.I back Ashwani, we back Ashwani, that has been the plan throughout the season. We have played with the leggie and the quick. Today, on this wicket, we felt that it'll work, that's fine. (Did batting get better in the second half?) It would be same, I don't think much difference.They really played good cricket, those two batters, the second wicket stand was outstanding. They really took on certain balls whenever we erred and I don't think as a bowling unit we were clinical, we gave some balls which they really capitalised and certain times, they played some good shots as well. Overall, we were not up to the mark and it costed us.
Team k form wapas aate hi iska form kahan gayab ho gaya
Edited by Prizi - 6 months ago
736