FINAL AGAINST PUNE BEST T20 GAME I WAS PART OF: ROHIT
Mumbai Indians’ skipper Rohit Sharma said the onerun win over Pune Supergiant was his best ever Twenty20 game.
“I cherish all the three title wins (2013, 2015, 2017), we have worked hard to win all. Last night’s game was the best Twenty20 game I have been part of,” said Rohit, who was also part of triumphant Deccan Chargers in 2009.
“We had played three
this team, especially this year.
On batting first: In a big game, it’s good to put runs on the board. The history at this place is such that there have been 200 runs scored in an innings and also just 140. So if you don’t bat well, you won’t make a big target. On the low total: I don’t think we applied ourselves too well. Our target was between 140 and 160. If we had tried to overreach to 180, then you could’ve been bowled out for 120. So our talk was that we try and make 140 so we may even get to 160.
One-hundred and sixty on this wicket would’ve been a match-winning score. When you are playing on a slow pitch, it’s important to believe you can defend any target when you are fielding. So that was the talk when we came into the change room after matches against Pune and lost all.
“In the final, we wanted to do what we couldn’t,” he added.
Rohit said he enjoyed captaincy. “Last year it was tough, as we couldn’t qualify. We knew with the set of individuals we have we can do it, we backed them and they have done well this season,” he said.
Former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene replaced Ricky Ponting as head coach ahead of this season and Rohit said he had learnt from both.
our poor batting display. The guys knew the challenge but they rose to the occasion.
On early misfields: The first 10 overs we were a little sloppy in the field but then these things can happen... sometimes you are so nervous you try and overdo it. During the break we had after six overs, we just got together and asked everyone to be calm. You can’t come and play your shots; it’s such a slow wicket. We always had that belief that things can change anytime. When you are