The 67th match for IPL 2024 was not just Mumbai Indians’ last match at home ground Wankhede for the year, but also their last match of the season.
MI had hosted Lucknow Super Giants in a match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Indians won the toss, opting to bowl first.
LSG went on to bat first, scoring an impressive set of 214 runs, while losing only 6 wickets in the process. MI found the target a bit hard to chase, as they ended their innings with 196/6 in 20 overs.
Rahul talks about disappointment with previous games
In the post match segment, LSG Captain KL Rahul opened up in front of the fans and accepted that today’s game was how he wanted the other matches to be in this season of IPL. He also shared his disappointment over the team’s overall performance and the injuries sustained by the players.
“Very disappointing. At the beginning of the season, I really felt we had a strong team and had most bases covered. Couple of injuries – happens to every team. We didn’t play well enough collectively. Today was a really good performance. This is the kind of game we wanted to play more. Unfortunately we didn’t do that.” Rahul said.
Rahul gets ready to cheer on Sharma ji ka beta
Referring to a satirical advertisement made to promote the IPL 2O24 season, where Rahul’s real life father in law, Suneil Shetty is shown to prefer Rohit Sharma’s MI over Rahul’s LSG, KL said that he will join his father in law, to cheer on Rohit at the T20 World Cup.
“I’m on my father-in-law’s team now. We’ll both be cheering for Sharma ji ka beta in the World Cup.” Rahul said.
Mayank and Yudhvir trained by Morne Morkel in SA
In the post match statement, Rahul expressed his genuine happiness over the performance of fast bowlers Mayank Yadav and Yudhvir Singh Charak. The two have showed up for the team in more instances than one, and were sent to get trained by legend Morne Morkel before the season.
“Really happy for them. Franchise has invested a lot of time and energy with them (Indian pacers in LSG). It’s not just two months in the year. We sent Mayank and Yudhvir to South Africa to train with Morne Morkel. Hard work for them has paid off, but franchise and the team has worked a lot with them.” said Rahul.
Talking about his chances in the upcoming games, Rahul said,
“I’m not sure. There’s not much T20 cricket coming up now. It’s been a season where I’ve learnt a lot about my own batting and what I need to do to get back in the team. Maybe middle-order, maybe not. We would’ve ideally wanted him (Pooran) to bat higher, but with how the team’s lined up, we want our senior international players bat in positions where they can absorb pressure”.
The captain was not selected in the final squad for upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024
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