IPL 2022: It Looked Like Kieron Pollard Had No Intent - Daniel Vettori On Mumbai Indians Loss Against LSG

Former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori accepts that Mumbai Indians’ (MI) hitter Kieron Pollard didn’t pace his innings well against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and was able to score just 19 runs from 20 balls. He recommended that the veteran didn’t show sufficient aim while batting in their IPL 2022 match on Sunday, 24 April.

Talking on ESPNcricinfo, Vettori referenced how Pollard has dominated many such matches for his side with his fireworks.

Kieron Pollard Cannot Miraculously Chase Down 12-14 An Over When You Have Lost 7 In A Row: Daniel Vettori

Notwithstanding, he feels that these things don’t click constantly, particularly when the group has been on a long string of failures.

He explained: “The belief that Kieron Pollard could just walk out and miraculously chase down 12-14 an over when you’ve lost 7 games in a row, those things are not going to come together. You’ve got to acknowledge that LSG did bowl well and they executed their strategies well.”

He added: “When Pollard comes to the crease, everyone has the same sort of plans, but to execute them is not easy. But in the end, it looked like he just had no intent. It looked like he was going to wait till the last minute to try and get the runs,”

Kieron Pollard Battling For His Form: Imran Tahir

On the same show, Imran Tahir thought that while Kieron Pollard has been Mumbai’s go-to fellow during such circumstances, he has battled with his form this season. He further added that the right-hander didn’t look certain about his methodology against LSG, which at last expense his side the match.

Tahir stated: “I wouldn’t say Pollard’s innings was poor. He tried but he could not hit the ball well. That’s not the Pollard that we’ve been watching over the years. He is the perfect guy for such situations.

“But unfortunately he just didn’t look confident. The team losing 7 games and then coming into the 8th game under pressure, so everything in it happened to him today.”

It is worth focusing on that the five-time champs currently have lost all of their initial eight matches in the current year’s money rich league.

Ishan Kishan Is Confused About His Role: Daniel Vettori

Vettori brought up that Ishan Kishan was unable to give Mumbai a lively beginning once more. He featured how the gifted left-hander hasn’t perceived his job well and has frequently looked befuddled in regards to it. Kishan could oversee eight runs in one more terrible showing this season.

The 43-year-old expressed that captain Rohit Sharma (39 of 31) batted forcefully in the challenge. He additionally thought that the middle order players didn’t assume sufficient liability after his excusal and didn’t attempt to raise the run rate.

Vettori added: “The only excepetion for Mumbai Indians this innings was Rohit Sharma. He understood that he needs to be aggressive. Ishan Kishan struggled a lot and you don’t often see an opener score 8 off 20. He is incredibly confused about his role. Nobody seemed to want to take the game on in the middle-overs.”

Rohit Sharma’s side were pursuing an aggregate of 168 against LSG at the Wankhede Stadium. Their batting let them down on one more event in IPL 2022 and they missed the mark by 36 runs eventually. The Mumbai-based franchise will next be found in action on Saturday (April 30) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 44th match of the season.

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