Something is lacking in Mumbai Indians’ batting line-up: Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Friday conceded that “something is missing” of their mighty batting line-up following their third loss in 5 video games within the ongoing IPL.
Mumbai Indians, who misplaced to Punjab Kings by 9 wickets right here, haven’t batted to their potential but.
“Something is missing in our batting line-up, we are not able to bat 20 overs in the fashion we want and that is something that we have to look at and see what we can do,” mentioned Rohit.
Mumbai may solely rating 131/6 towards Punjab, who chased it down quite comfortably.
The wicket at Chepauk has performed gradual however Rohit mentioned they had been 20-30 runs quick.
“I nonetheless really feel it isn’t a nasty wicket to bat on. You noticed how Punjab Kings batted and received the sport with 9 wickets in hand. It is simply the applying which is lacking in our batting.
“If you get 150-160 on this wicket then you are always in the game, that is something we failed to do in the last two games. We have batted well in the powerplay previously but today we failed to do so,” Rohit added.
With the win, Punjab snapped their three-match dropping streak and skipper Okay L Rahul, who scored an unbeaten 60, mentioned the group is getting higher with each sport.
“We don’t need to get too forward of ourselves. Slowly we’re coming collectively as a group. The guys now we have backed are slowly coming by way of. Bishnoi got here again at present and the best way he bowled was good.
We had heard that there was quite a lot of dew right here. I felt like that might play an element,” he mentioned.
“The drier ball started to grip, when it turns it gets really hard. It was good of Chris (Gayle) that he got through that period. He knew whom to target. That’s what you get with Chris, not just destructive batting but also experience of playing T20 cricket,” mentioned Rahul, referring to Gayle’s unbeaten 43 off 35 balls.
Leggie Ravi Bishnoi, who performed his first sport this season, was the decide of the Punjab bowlers.
“He (Bishnoi), unfortunately, missed the first few games, he’s worked with Anil (Kumble) bhai, he’s been brave. He held his composure. When I know what target I am chasing, it gets easier to pace the innings. Really happy with the way I finished the innings,” Rahul added.