The Mumbai Indians’ frontrunners Jasper Bumrah was able to throw just three overs in their defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders as Pat Cummins crushed 56 of 15 deliveries to help his team chase 162 in 16 overs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 match on Wednesday. Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri was critical of the way MI skipper Rohit Sharma used Bumrah, suggesting that the 28-year-old fast bowler should be used to get wickets and not just be kept for the death overs or for specifics. players, because it could let the game slip out of their hands, like Wednesday in Pune.
“I just feel like using Bumrah needs to be better. Sometimes you just don’t get the best out of him because you don’t have depth in your bowling. So instead of going for the kill and looking for wickets, you go’ I Just keep Bumrah for one or two players or save it for death,” Shastri told Star Sports.
“At that point it doesn’t matter if you’re Bumrah or whoever you are, you’re going for runs. If the batsman is in that kind of mood and the momentum is on the batting side at that point, you’re going for runs,” he explained. from.
“So you’d rather use him to get wickets in key periods rather than keep all those overs in the back, waiting for ‘if Russell comes I’ll use Bumrah’. But then when it’s too late there’s no Russell, anyone otherwise it did the job,” he said.
Shastri was also amazed at how the game was taken away from MI in one over.
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“It’s a bitter, bitter, bitter pill to swallow. It won’t be easy. It’s like someone gives you a chocolate and before you’re done saying ‘thank you,’ it’s in the other man’s mouth, Shastri said when asked how MI will overcome Cummins’ attack.
Cummins took over Daniel Sams for 35 runs in the 16th as he completed his half-century in 14 deliveries – the joint fastest 50 in IPL history.
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