If bowlers are executing plans, it’s straightforward for captain: Rohit Sharma

“If bowlers are executing the plans, it makes it easy for the captain” was what Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma mentioned on Saturday after his aspect beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs of their IPL match.
Rohit credited his staff’s bowling unit, led by Rahul Chahar (3/19) and Trent Boult (3/28), for the win.
“It was a great effort from the bowling unit. We knew it was not going to be easy and when you have a pitch like that and the bowlers are executing the plans, it makes it easy for the captain to manoeuvre the field and keep having those options of your bowling changes,” Rohit mentioned on the post-match presentation.
Sunrisers restricted Mumbai Indians to 150/5 as their bowlers, led by Vijay Shankar (2/19) put up a splendid present, however they have been bundled out for 137 in 19.4 overs to lose their third recreation on the trot.
According to Rohit, his aspect’s rating of 150/5 was a great complete on the Chepauk monitor.
“I thought it was a good score on that pitch and the way we came out and bowled and showed that attitude on the field was very important, it was great team performance,” Rohit mentioned.
“We can bat a little better in the middle overs,” he added.
Mumbai Indians have been good in fielding and Rohit praised the staff’s effort.
“And again, I thought our fielding was pretty good today, those two runs-outs, few catches, that is something we take a lot of pride in. We want to be the best fielding unit in the competition and (are) making sure that we tick all the boxes, so far we have picked few boxes, there are few more left.”
SRH skipper David Warner mentioned that it was fairly disappointing to lose three matches in a row.
“Yes, spot on (had one other troublesome night time). I don’t know find out how to take that. It is sort of disappointing.
“Two of us at the top (me and Jonny Bairstow) got set and obviously my run out, Jonny stepping on his wickets and playing some false shots in the middle proved that if you don’t have a guy there in the end or two guys there at the end, you are not going to win games,” he mentioned.
According to Warner, these scores of round 150 have been gettable.
“They are very chaseable, it’s just poor batting. If you get a partnership and have one guy at the end, like all the other teams batting first, they always had one person at the end, if you are able to do that, you can chase down 150 quite easily,” the Australian mentioned.
“It does need smart cricket in the middle and at the moment we haven’t been able to produce that. I think our bowlers adapted fantastic to this wicket, which is a lot slower than previous wickets.”