Four days after being smashed for 48 runs, together with 31 in a single over towards Punjab Kings, Tendulkar junior made a positive comeback towards Gujarat Titans and ended the sport with figures of 1/9 in two overs on Tuesday.
“He did well, obviously after what happened in the last game. It’s never easy to step out onto the ground that is a Colosseum with a big crowd. We will work on increasing his pace, but he did all that was asked of him today,” Bond stated on the media convention after the match which MI misplaced by 55 runs.
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Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2023 Highlights: GT beat MI by 55 runs
Left-arm seamer Arjun, who ended his lengthy look ahead to an IPL debut on April 16 on the very venue the place his father performed his final worldwide match, has managed to impress along with his bowling, save the outing towards Punjab Kings.
In the primary recreation of his profession, towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Wankhede Stadium, Arjun bowled the primary and the third over. He returned with figures of 2-0-17-0. Then, with Sunrisers Hyderabad requiring 20 to win, he bowled the final over and gave away simply 4 runs for one wicket.
“It’s a combination of things. We’re not executing what we need to. We’ve got pretty simple plans. Watch how we bowled in an area. We got hit and immediately resorted to some changes.
“It’s disappointing after we cannot distinguish plans after we are on the again foot throughout tough run chases,” Bond said.
“Like within the final recreation, I feel it was 100/4, after which we simply dished up freebies. We gave (David) Miller and (Abhinav) Manohar free hits, and as soon as we gave gamers to get in runs, they took the sport away from us.
“And that’s the disappointing thing from our point of view. So we just have to be better in our decision-making and our execution. In short, it was a tough day for us,” he added.
Bond stated Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami and Rashid Khan used the circumstances on the Narendra Modi Stadium to their benefit whereas bowling, which put strain on the MI batters.
“When you chase 208, the only plan is to keep going. We tried to ride the storm as the ball swung differently. Look at the way Hardik and Mohammed Shami bowled, not giving us free balls to hit.
“We needed to attempt to manufacture one thing. Thus, the rating on the finish of the powerplay mirrored how they bowled on a wicket, which they did the identical to RR,” he said.
“The first six overs had been powerful for each groups, as it might get tough for the bowling group due to the dew issue. We had been attempting to cease the harm to our run charge, which has taken one other massive hit tonight.”
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com