MI vs GT: When A Team Keeps Winning Without A Player Scoring Runs... - Simon Doull Correlates Rohit Sharma's Poor Form With Shane Watson In IPL 2018

Former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull opened up about Rohit Sharma’s poor form in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. He related his situation to that of Shane Watson in IPL 2018, saying that Mumbai Indians (MI) can continue to play him and he will repay the faith in big games. 

Mumbai Indians (MI) Rohit Sharma continued having a horrendous time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 as he was dismissed for another low score against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. 

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After the match between MI and RCB, Simon Doull cited the example of how Shane Watson failed in the whole season and smashed a century in the final of IPL 2018. Speaking to Cricbuzz, he said: 

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“When a team keeps winning without a player scoring runs, they can still continue to trust that player. This is what CSK did with Watson (in 2018). They carried him through the tournament and he repaid the faith in the final.” 

Chasing the target, Ishan Kishan took Mumbai Indians off the flier as he smashed a quick-fire 42 runs before Nehal Wadhera smashed unbeaten 52 tuns to take his side home. 

Simon Doull was impressed with the two left-handers taking the game apart and said that it’ll be a great headache for Mumbai Indians when Tilak Varma will be fit.

He explained: “Loved the way Ishan went about hitting in the powerplay. But it’s just not working for Rohit. Now what happens if Tilak Varma is fit? You can’t drop Nehal Wadhera now.” 

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MI vs GT: “It has been a season of two halves for him,” Simon Doull on Suryakumar Yadav 

Suryakumar Yadav was the main architect behind MI chasing 200 runs inside 17 overs. He looked a class apart and went after bowlers right from the ball 1. He ended with a score of 83 runs and was also awarded the Player of the Match award 

Simon Doull said that it’s a season of two halves for Suryakumar Yadav and highlighted how he tackled different deliveries.

He said: “It has been a season of two halves for him (SKY). The last four-five games that he has had have been just unbelievable. All the sixes were great, but the way he waited on a slower delivery outside off stump and timed it through point, shows that he has the game to wait, assess and still play the shot.” 

Mumbai Indians will be next seen in action when they will take on Gujarat Titans (GT) in their next game on Friday (12th May).

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