Brian Lara rips Mumbai Indians bowling to shreds with ‘Beyond Jasprit Bumrah’ remarks

West Indies legend Brian Lara said after Mumbai Indians lost by 20 runs to Chennai Super Kings in IPL, apart from Jaspuri Outside Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai Indians’ bowling attack has not improved much and they need to improve in this aspect of the game. Bumrah (0/27 in 4 overs) had an ordinary day against CSK, and given the high standards he has set for himself, captain Hardik Pandya was bowled with three straight sixes by the incomparable MS Dhoni as MI Lost the game at home last night. (IPL 2024 Points Table)

“Nothing, I think when we look at Mumbai Indians, a lot of people see them as favorites just because they bat so well, they score 230 runs, they chase 196 runs and make the game look easy, 15 round, so actually, I think, we picked them as favorites,” Lara told Star Sports’ Cricket Live show.

“But their bowling was poor. Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, no one really supported their bowling attack and the CSK batsmen beat them down.” MI after the eighth over No spinners were used as Shivam Dube was at the crease and he performed well against slow bowlers.

“Spinners, they bowled only 4 balls after about 7 overs but they didn’t trust Shivam Dube. So, MI have to improve in that area and they have to find a few bowlers, match-winning bowlers,” the batting guru said.

“What it tells me more about this match is that if you have a good bowling unit like CSK and you look at their bowling, every bowler has played a role in this match, every bowler hand.

“We had a penalty then and we thought Mumbai Indians should accelerate but they didn’t.” On Pandya hitting three sixes in a row in the final over, Lara said: “For me, Hardik Pan Diya (Hardik Pandya) had a tough time and I think he surrendered in the last few overs and the maestro (MS Dhoni) did, you know, six runs in the last 4-5 balls,” said Sri Lanka’s Matheesha. Pathirana (4/28), the debutant of the CSK bowlers, stopped MI for 186 for 6 in 20 overs, 21 runs short of the winning target, with former England captain Kevin Pietersen Praise for the “unorthodox” right-arm paceman.

“Very unorthodox, with unorthodox bowlers you have to watch your gaps sometimes as they say because you have to get used to his delivery, you have to get used to where the ball is coming from because it’s not ordinary, normal , but abnormal.

“So, you have to bide your time… when he bowls so beautifully with the old ball, he also has this fantastic ability to not reverse the ball as he swings, but he has the ability to reverse and sink the ball, and that’s a great A tough ball to face.” Peterson compared Patialana to Sri Lanka great Lasith Malinga, who is currently bowling coach at MI.

“That’s what Malinga has as well, it’s reverse, but it’s not reverse, it’s reverse downward and it’s always away from the angle you’re trying to hit the ball,” he said.

“When your bowler hits the ball at an angle, but it’s not hitting the ball at a natural angle but it’s hitting the ball at an angle where it actually starts to lean towards you, then you can’t actually hit the sweep, you can’t hit the slope , because it gets under your bat and then it also makes it difficult to hit the ground, which is a gem for CSK, what a bowler.”

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