IPL 2018: Middle order's poor shot selection letting Mumbai Indians down, says Gavaskar

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IPL 2018: Middle order's poor shot selection letting Mumbai Indians down, says Gavaskar

What the last couple of games has shown is that the trend of the first week, where teams chasing won the matches, has slowly changed. Teams batting first are now winning games if they put up a big score on the board.
If then the chasing team loses a couple of wickets, the rate can climb to 12 or above, and that again piles up pressure, for not too many people are capable of taking their team over the line.

MS Dhoni came very near to doing that against the Kings XI Punjab. His blistering attack fell just short but what a thrill it was to see him hit those big sixes. So the Chennai team's winning start has been halted but Sunrisers Hyderabad keep on winning and have made an impressive start to their season.

Mumbai Indians haven't yet won a game and though they have been slow starters in the last few seasons of the IPL, they will be anxious to get on the points table as they are the only team so far without a point against their name.

They will have to bat much better than they have so far. Their tactic of sending Suryakumar Yadav to open worked brilliantly and with Evin Lewis and Ishan Kishanalso scoring quickly, they were in a good position to post more than 200.

However, the middle order let them down by poor shot selection. Teams now know not to bring a spinner on when Hardik Pandya is batting, for he can smash them out of the ground. However, he does not find the seamers that easy to belt and so he will be confronted by most captains. Mumbai also must look at their tactic of bringing him on when the field restrictions are in place, for he can be expensive than his brother.

Krunal has been impressive with his canny left arm spinners and down the order he keeps his cool and get runs at a good clip without hitting the big sixes that his younger brother hits.

The Bangalore team made a spirited chase of the Rajasthan total but once Kohli and de Villiers went in quick succession, they knew it was going to be too big a mountain to climb.

They have a top four that is the envy of most other teams but they haven't as yet got the runs from them that will take them to victories. Kohli and de Villiers both love batting at the Wankhede and if they get going then Mumbai may have to wait for their points a bit longer.

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Hardik needs to take charge

Pandya has scored just 22 runs with a strike rate of 104.34 and has conceded runs at an economy rate of 9.33. The ace Indian all-rounder has been the triumph card for Mumbai Indians in the past two seasons but has failed to deliver this season. If Hardik performs, the whole MI setup starts looking more dominant. The team’s fortunes rely heavily on the allrounder.

Teams now know not to bring a spinner on when Hardik Pandya is batting, for he can smash them out of the ground. However, he does not find the seamers that easy to belt and so he will be confronted by most captains. Mumbai also must look at their tactic of bringing him on when the field restrictions are in place, for he can be expensive than his brother,” wrote Gavaskar in his column for TOI. Krunal has scored 67 runs with the bat and has conceded runs at a good rate of 6.2.

“Krunal has been impressive with his canny left-arm spinners and down the order, he keeps his cool and gets runs at a good clip without hitting the big sixes that his younger brother hits,” wrote Gavaskar. The Mumbai Indians next face the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede. If they are not at the top of their game, they will have to wait longer to register their first points.

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