Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach Shane Bond has lashed out at his team’s bowling unit for making the “same mistake over and over again” while Mohsin Khan made a strong comeback from a long injury lay-off by holding off Tim David for 11 runs in the final over to give LSG a five-run win over MI in the IPL on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach Shane Bond has lashed out at his team’s bowling unit for making the “same mistake over and over again” recently against Lucknow Super Giants.
Mohsin Khan made a strong comeback from a long injury lay-off by holding off Tim David for 11 runs in the final over to give LSG a five-run win over MI in the IPL on Tuesday.
This came after LSG, led by Chris Jordan’s 24 runs in the 18th over, recovered from 123/3 in just 17 overs to score 177 by the end of their innings. In the last three overs of the LSG inning, MI gave up more than 50 runs.
“For me, the most frustrating thing is about not sticking to the plans that we talk about. We were very clear with what we wanted to do on this wicket to players like Marcus (Stoinis) and where we wanted to bowl, we didn’t bowl there consistently enough,”
Bond said at the post-match press conference.
“When you’re looking at a team plan, you’ve got to get the batsmen to hit in areas where you want them to hit. Make it as hard as possible for them. You don’t want them to hit you in areas that they want to hit.
“We saw that with Stoinis — a fine player. We knew he was trying to hit straight down the ground and we dished out balls for him to do it. In the end, his innings was the difference between the two teams.”
Stoinis flaunted his raw power on his way to an unbeaten 89 off 47 balls as LSG recovered from a poor start to post a competitive total.
After LSG found themselves reeling at 35 for three in the seventh over, Stoinis smashed eight sixes in his aggressive knock and shared an 82-run partnership with stand-in captain Krunal Pandya (49 retired hurt).
Bond added, “We’ve always prided ourselves in our preparation, the work that we do behind the scenes, and how we review the game — the mistakes on which we want to improve. The frustrating thing is that we’re making the same mistake over and over again. From my point of view, it’s disappointing.
“For 15 overs, we were excellent; we delivered what we wanted to. One player put us under pressure. That’s what Rashid Khan did the other night and we made the same mistakes. It didn’t cost us in the last game, it cost us tonight.
“You can never stop good players from scoring runs. You’d rather have players scoring 89 from 47 be at 70 from 47. Those 17 to 20 runs can make a difference. We’ve talked about that at Wankhede over the year. You are talking about a difference of 10-15 runs,” he said.
“There’s no way we should have gone for 54 runs in the last three overs on that ground. It was just poor.”
Mohsin, who missed the whole of the domestic season due to a shoulder injury, helped LSG take a major step towards a top-four finish by holding his nerve in the final over.
Despite the defeat, Mumbai is still in the running for a playoff spot.