Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said it was necessary to remain humble and disciplined after their sixth consecutive win in the IPL in Jaipur on Thursday. Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals by 100 runs to end the home team’s playoffs hopes.
“Everyone is very clear and we are returning to simple cricket, it is working for us and hopefully it continues. We want to be humble, very disciplined and keep focusing,” Hardik told at the post match presentation.
Hardik Pandya Reflects on Strategy and Batsmanship
“We could have got another 15 runs. What we were trying to speak to each other was to play percentage shots. Surya and I said there’s value for shots… Ro (Rohit) and Ryan batted the same way. I think it was absolutely fantastic.” Said Hardik Pandya.
“It is never about people getting chances; it’s about what is required in the situation. People are going back to batsmanship. As a group, the way we batted was proper batsmanship.” Mumbai Indians made 217 for two after being put in to bat.
Riyan Parag Admits MI Dominated the Game
Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Riyan Parag said Mumbai Indians batters simply took the game away from them.
“We have to give credit to the way Mumbai Indians played. The way they batted, took the game a little deep, kept the 10 runs per over consistency and accelerated in the end. As far as our batting is concerned it wasn’t our day,” he said.
“We have been getting good starts but it is up to the middle order – myself, Dhruv, for us to step up when we lose wickets in the powerplay, but we still back ourselves, if another situation (like today) comes up then we will be up for it.”
Rajasthan Royals Focused on Fixing Small Errors
Talking about the season, Parag said: “We have done a lot of things right, lot of things wrong, we want to focus on the things we have done right, lot of mistakes, lot of small errors, focus on how to not make them and we have had a few close matches.”
