On Friday, in a knockout, Mumbai Indians had to disturb a settled batting line-up by having a formidable middle-order batter (Nehal Wadhera) open, accommodate a concussion substitute (Vishnu Vinod) for Ishan Kishan, have one of their big-hitters (Cameron Green) go off due to a blow on the elbow.
MI head coach Mark Boucher said –
“If you lose two stars in the bowling, you’re going to have a couple of holes.We tried to fix it as much as possible, hopefully the guys can get over their injuries. If they can’t, we may have to look at other places.” To open a can of worms now will be stupid”
Boucher felt the turn of events early in their chase was “unsettling” and they couldn’t recover from the curveball thrown at them.
Boucher added -“It’s important to sit back and reflect, take the emotions out of it and then take calm decisions once we understand the future of certain individuals in terms of where they are from a fitness perspective. I feel sorry for the bowlers at times, going for scores over 200 can dent your confidence a bit, which probably did to a couple of our bowlers.”
