Mumbai: Rohit Sharma would any day take a Mumbai Indians victory as a birthday present and more so when the team finally performed to its potential after eight straight defeats.
MI recorded their first win of the IPL 2022 beating Rajasthan Royals by five wickets as they put up their best show of the current edition on a Saturday night.
The Mumbai Indians skipper heaped praises on his bowlers as they kept putting pressure on the opposition batters by taking wickets at regular intervals.
“I’d definitely take it, that’s how we play, real potential came out today, with the ball especially. They kept applying the pressure. If you keep taking wickets, it’s going to be difficult for them, we did that perfectly today,” Rohit said in the post-match presentation after the thrilling win.
Rohit said that Mumbai tried several combinations but the conditions were different in all venues and they failed to find the best one in the first eight matches.
“This is the team we played in the first couple of games except few bowling changes. When you have a season like that, you are not sure of your combination. You want to try out so many things. The conditions are different. The ball tends to grip here, the pitches are flat in the other venues. We try and field the best combination, it hasn’t worked for eight games,” Rohit asserted.
“But one thing I can say is, we were not blown away by the opposition, we came really close. Had we won those games, things would have been slightly different,” he added.
Mumbai Indians played two spinners against Rajasthan – Hrithik Shokeen and Kumar Kartikeya as Rohit hailed the spin duo for their job.
“Both of these guys, they are courageous, they want to do something special. It gives me the confidence to bowl them (spinners) at any given stage. We played very well, bowlers came together, batters did the job as well,” he concluded.
