Nehal Wadhera, who introduced up his maiden IPL fifty to take Mumbai Indians (MI) to a good whole after a wobbly begin towards Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an IPL 2023 match, has mentioned that the subsequent time he goes head-to-head with Matheesha Pathirana, he would have higher plans to attain runs towards the Sri Lankan pacer.
Pathirana was on fireplace in his spell, giving freely simply 15 runs in his 4 overs, not conceding a single boundary whereas choosing three wickets and denied Mumbai the ending kick they wanted after dropping their prime three batters in power-play. (Watch: Virat Kohli Left In Disbelief As Rashid Khan Takes Stunning Catch In LSG vs GT Clash)
After a dismal begin, Wadhera together with Suryakumar Yadav steadied the Mumbai innings, stitching a 55-run partnership. The former, nonetheless, fell within the eleventh over, leaving the mantle honest and sq. on Wadhera.
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The 22-year-old then established a 50-run stand with Tristan Stubbs to take the whole to 139/8, which CSK chased down comfortably in 17.4 overs to climb to the second place within the factors desk.
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Pathirana dismissed Wadhera for 64 within the 18th over with a fiery 145kph yorker which stored low to go previous the tried flick and hit the bottom of the center stump with nice accuracy.
On going through that slinging motion from Pathirana, Wadhera mentioned that it was the primary time he was going through him and he would have a greater plan the subsequent time the 2 go head-to-head.
“This was the first time I was facing him. He is not the type of bowler we face every day. But next time, whenever he comes, I would have better plans for him so that I can score more runs against him,” Wadhera mentioned within the post-match press convention.
“It was my first game here in Chennai and also my first fifty in the IPL. I love batting under pressure. It was fun batting in Chennai but it was not an easy wicket to bat on,” he added.
Speaking concerning the recreation, the younger batter mentioned MI had been 15-20 runs quick as they misplaced wickets early.
“We lost three early wickets early but it happens in cricket. Overall, we batted well today but I think we were about 15-20 runs short. I think if we had those runs the game might have been very different,” the left-handed batter mentioned.
“Today, it was difficult to hit the pacers because the ball was not coming onto the bat properly. Even with the new ball, Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande used slower ones well,” he added.
