IPL 2022: Need To Review This - Mumbai Indians' Coach Mahela Jayawardene On Repeated Batting Failures
Published - 25 Apr 2022, 06:39 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:08 AM
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene has said that he will have a word with Indian wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan over his batting form in the Indian Premier League.
Expressing that Kishan has been allowed to play his normal game, Jayawardene uncovered that he had not addressed the young fella, yet felt that the need to have a visit had shown up.
We Have Given Ishan Kishan Freedom To Play His Natural Game: Mahela Jayawardene
“He has struggled a bit, we have given him the freedom to play his natural game. I haven’t yet spoken to him today but I will have a conversation with him soon,” the Sri Lankan said.
Mumbai has lost eight games in succession and is on road to having the worst possible season throughout the entire existence of the Indian Premier League assuming things proceed along these lines. Mumbai spent a mammoth Rs 15.25 crore to get the assistance of Ishan Kishan.
In any case, in the wake of having a decent spat in the initial two matches of the competition, Kishan’s form went down, placing Mumbai in a profound opening.
It Has Been A Concern So Far: Mahela Jayawardene On MI’s Batting Woes
Mahela Jayawardene didn’t single out Kishan for the disappointments and tended to the entire batting unit’s performance overall, expressing that there should have been a review of their play so far.
“I need to review the batters’ performance. It has been a concern so far but this is a senior group so we need to keep pushing. We want to keep the batting unit consistent as far as we can,” said Jayawardene.
The head coach’s remarks come in the fallout of Mumbai’s loss against Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday, 24 April, where LSG finished their second win of the season over MI in the fifteenth edition of the Indian Premier League.
In the game, KL Rahul hit one more amazing hundred, making it his second against Mumbai this season. He turned out to be just the second player after Virat Kohli to have accomplished this accomplishment throughout the entire existence of the competition.
