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Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya on Thursday urged his batters to be a little more adventurous in the mid-overs in their upcoming Indian Premier League matches. The defending champions GT took a six-wicket win over the Punjab Kings after a great return by Mohit Sharma (2-/18) to the IPL and a 49-ball opener by Shubman Gill 67. However, the game got pretty close in the end as GT ended the chase. out of 154 plus balls, which Hardik did not appreciate.
“Honestly, I would not want the game to be so close to the situation we were in. We definitely learned a lot from this game. That’s the beauty of the sport, it’s never over until it’s over.” Hardik said at the post-match presentation.
“So we’re going back to the drawing board. I think we can take a couple more risks in the middle of the over. We have to take risks and shoot in the middle of the over to make sure the game doesn’t go too deep.”
“The wicket was good, but due to the hardness of the soil and the wicket, the ball dried up. When the new ball was played, it was a mistake.” He was very impressed with Mohit’s average pace for his excellent ball handling.
Playing in his first league game since 2020, Mohit scored in the penultimate over with just six runs.
“I was not surprised when Mohit and Alzarri (Joseph) came. They were amazing at bowling. And this is the merit of Mohit. He joined us as a net bowler and then waited for his chance knowing his time would come and today it did. did a lot of hard work, showed patience and his time has come,” Hardik said of Mohit.
Returning to the result, the skipper said: “It will be hard to swallow if you get this close. Not a big fan of finishing the game.” PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan once again expressed his frustration with the team’s batsmen after yet another poor performance.
“We didn’t put a lot of runs on the board. We must fix this in the future. If you see the number of point balls, if the team is playing 56 balls, you end up losing the game.
“Losing early wickets puts you at a disadvantage and we need to work on that,” Dhawan said.
Man of the Match Mohit said: “I had a good time at this place. I thought about sticking with my options, chatted with Hardik in the middle of the over, thankfully it paid off.
“You need to train hard, give all the best to 100 percent. You have to play according to the situation and stick to the basics. I was given a role to play after 10 overs. This is the merit of the coach, who defined the role of everyone in the team. ” Mohit said.
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