Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma Agarwal conceded that they didn’t rating sufficient on Friday to defend in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders. Rohit credited Cummins, saying it was the KKR all-rounder who dented their hopes as he didn’t anticipate the Australia star to come back out and play such an innings.
Cummins equaled the file for the quickest fifty ever within the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. He joined KL Rahul, reaching the landmark in solely 14 balls throughout a match in opposition to the Mumbai Indians on the DY Patil Stadium in Pune.
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Cummins scored 35 off compatriot Daniel Sams’ bowling within the sixteenth over, to take Kolkata over the road with 4 overs to spare. The Australian Test captain completed with 56 off mere 15 balls, hammering 4 fours and 6 sixes.
“Never expected him to come and play like that [on Cummins]. Lot of credit. The pitch got better and better to bat as the game went on. It was holding up initially. Overall it was a good pitch,” Rohit mentioned within the post-match presentation ceremony.
“With the bat we did not start well, in the last 4-5 overs to get 70+ was a great effort from the batting unit. We did not bowl according to the plan. We had the game till the 15th over, but then Cummins was brilliant.
“Whenever you might have runs on the board, we all the time have the higher hand, We had them 5-down, it was only a matter of the wicket of Venky or Pat, that they had Sunil who may smash them.
Venkatesh Iyer steadied the ship and in the long run, it was Cummins who was enjoying his first sport and scored the joint-fastest fifty within the IPL of 14 balls and took the sport away from MI in only one over. Mumbai Indians’ horror run continued on Sunday because the 5-time champions slumped to their third successive defeat .
“This will be hard to digest, the way it turned out in the last few overs. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us. I don’t want to be in this position all the time [frustrated smile],” Rohit signed off.
Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav’s effective fifty, Tilak Verma’s stable 38-run knock, Dewald Brevis’ spectacular IPL debut and Kieron Pollard’s final over cameo helped Mumbai Indians publish 161 for 4 after being requested to bat first by Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata Knight Riders stormed to victory by 5 wickets vs Mumbai Indians on the MCA Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. They have now changed Rajasthan Royals because the No.1 within the IPL 2022 factors desk.
