Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, after the win over Rajasthan Royals on Saturday, hailed the young bowling duo Hrithik Shokeen and Kumar Kartikeya.
Shokeen and Kartikeya scalped two and one wickets respectively as MI won against Rajasthan Royals (RR) by five wickets at the Dr DY Patil Stadium. “(Hrithik and Kartikeya) Both of these guys, they are courageous, they want to do something special. It gives me the confidence to bowl them at any given stage. We played very well, bowlers came together, batters did the job as well,” said Rohit Sharma in a post-match presentation.
Winless in the record 8 matches of the IPL 2022, five-time champions Mumbai Indians returned back to winning ways on Saturday. Rohit, who would any day accept a win as his birthday present, said that Mumbai’s real potential was on display against Rajasthan Royals. “I’d definitely take it (win), that’s how we play, real potential came out today, with the ball especially. They kept applying the pressure. If you keep taking wickets, it’s going to be difficult for them, we did that perfectly today. This is the team we played in the first couple of games except few for bowling changes,” said Sharma.
Rohit also said that he didn’t feel that team combination was the reason for the debacle which this season has been so far. “When you have a season like that, you are not sure of your combination. You want to try out so many things. The conditions are different. The ball tends to grip here, the pitches are flat in the other venues. We try and field the best combination, it hasn’t worked for eight games. But one thing I can say is, we were not blown away by the opposition, we came really close. Had we won those games, things would have been slightly different,” he added.