IPL 2022: Both Of Them Have Been Batting Well Out There In The Middle As Well In The Nets – Mahela Jayawardene Backs Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan

Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mahela Jayawardene has backed openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, who have been struggling for runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.

Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma has scored only 114 runs in the 15th edition of the tournament and has failed to reach the 50-run mark. MI’s Rs 15.25 crore buy wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan has scored 191 runs, so far in the tournament.

Notably, both the openers got out without scoring a run in the first over against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Thursday.

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Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan
Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan. Image-Twitter

Meanwhile, Jayawardene has said that Kishan batted really well for the team in the first few games of the tournament and Rohit has got good starts but failed to convert them into a big knock.

It has been up and down. To be honest, Ishan batted really well in the first couple of games, and then a bit of a slide. Ro (Rohit) has been hitting the ball really well, he gets good starts, 15-20 runs, looking good and then not being able to convert,” Jayawardene said.

I will be concerned if they are not hitting the ball well – Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene. Image: IPL

Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach said that both Rohit and Kishan have been hitting the ball very well in the match as well as in the nets and he is not concerned.

When that happens, and when you get out early, you feel that nothing is going your way.

“I have been a batsman (and) that is part and parcel but I will be concerned if they are not hitting the ball well or if they don’t have that confidence, but both of them have been batting well out there in the middle as well in the nets,” said the former Sri Lankan batting legend.

He added that it’s always important to back the ability and the confidence of experienced IPL players.

“You need to back the ability, the confidence, these are the guys who have played a lot of IPL cricket, understand what needs to be done and just need to get in, work hard, go through the process and it will turn around,” the Mumbai Indians coach added.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians with the defeat against Chennai Super Kings have registered their seventh consecutive defeat in the tournament, which is the worst ever performance by a team in the history of the tournament.

Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan
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