Mohit Sharma makes impressive return to IPL, says it’s not bad thing to be net bowler

Former Chennai Super Kings pacer Mohit Sharma made an impressive debut for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023. The virtually forgotten star returned to IPL after 3 years and made many individuals reward him for his disciplined bowling towards Punjab Kings on the IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. He outfoxed two PBKS batters- Jitesh Sharma and Sam Curran and ended with figures of 4-0-18-2.

For a bowler being an International participant, taking part in a World Cup semifinal and successful the Purple Cap (in 2014) to then being a net bowler of an IPL franchise is not straightforward, however Mohit took the a lot of the alternative. He went unsold in IPL 2022 and was the net bowler of Gujarat Titans final 12 months solely getting a sport when Yash Dayal was dropped out. Mohit bought a name from GT coach Ashish Nehra and was supplied the position of a net bowler. “I had had back surgery, and many people weren’t sure if I had played enough domestic cricket (to be signed for IPL auction). I received a call from Ashish bhai, saying I should be with the team, and if someone gets injured I’d get a chance,” Sharma mentioned to broadcasters within the mid-innings of the PBKS vs GT sport. 

Mohit has not performed for India since October 2015 and his closing common IPL season was in 2018. He performed one sport in 2019 and one other one in 2020, which was his closing IPL sport. He said that doing aggressive apply is best to improve your cricket. “Obviously, if you have to upgrade your cricket or better it in any way, you need competitive practice. I felt, what am I going to do sitting at home? I was here and doing competitive practice instead, I kept myself involved in cricket, and I think it was a good time for me.”

“It’s not a bad thing to be a net bowler. You get very good exposure, you get to play alongside good players, and if you don’t do competitive practice, your cricket won’t evolve,” he added. Mohit’s spell helped GT prohibit PBKS to 153. Later, on the again of fifty from Shubman Gill and Rahul Tewtai’s 4, GT sealed their third win in 4 video games.

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