Five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) are getting attain to take Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday in a return fixture of the IPL 2023. RCB had thrashed MI by eight wickets within the earlier IPL 2023 fixture again in Bengaluru. One main space of concern for the house facet is the type of their skipper Rohit Sharma with the bat.
In 10 matches in IPL 2023 he has performed thus far, Rohit has scored a mere 184 runs at 18.39 with just one half-century. Mumbai Indians all-rounder Cameron Green on Monday brushed apart issues concerning the type of workforce captain Rohit Sharma, who has been enduring a troublesome Indian Premier League season with the bat.
“Absolutely not,” Green advised reporters when requested if there have been any discussions on Rohit’s kind within the MI camp. “A legend that Rohit is, especially with Mumbai and everything that he has done in his career, we actually back him. He could come back into the form any time. He has batted beautifully in a few games, showing really good tempo at the top, so we are absolutely backing him.”
Green, who changed Rohit as opener towards Chennai Super Kings, mentioned he was comfortable to bat at any place for his facet. “Absolutely happy playing the role that the captain thinks is best for the team. I am absolutely loving my time with Mumbai here and I’m happy to bat anywhere,” Green mentioned within the pre-match press convention.
Cameron Green mentioned “Rohit Sharma is a legend, he could come back into form anytime, batted beautifully in the few games & showing good tempo so we are absolutely backing him”. pic.twitter.com/FxTrHbsSh2
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With the Indian Premier League coming into its last leg of the group stage, Cameron Green mentioned that Mumbai Indians will look to take the learnings from their first ten matches and break into the highest 4 as they return to their fortress: the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
“Everything we learnt in the first ten games is hopefully going to hold in good stead in the remaining games. If you win a game, you can go up to second and if you lose, you could go to second last. We just have to put our best performance. We know we have an incredible team and we are going to just back our strengths,” the Australian all-rounder mentioned.
In their final match at residence, MI recorded the best ever profitable chase on the Wankhede. The workforce’s bowling group had mentioned methods for what can generally be a really flat wicket and might be higher ready within the upcoming video games.
“We know how good the Wankhede wicket can get sometimes. It can be ruthless for bowlers sometimes, so it is important to back our strengths. We know we have got some world class bowlers in our team and we are going to back them all the way,” Green mentioned.
With a deep batting line up, MI have come out all weapons blazing within the Powerplay and Green backed the workforce to take the identical strategy for the remainder of the match. “Our discussions have been to play the same way. Being aggressive in the Powerplay is something that might come off sometimes and not come off at other times. The clear messaging from the coaching staff has been to show intent. We have got some incredibly experienced guys in the top order around me in the form of Ishan, Rohit and Sky (Suryakumar Yadav),” Green added.
