Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Akash Madhwal said after their six-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that the ball The team environment is very good and captain Hardik Pandya and former captain Rohit Sharma are supportive. Riyan Parag blitzed Mumbai Indians (MI) as Rajasthan Royals (RR) beat the five-time champions by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday in the Indian Premier League 2024 ( IPL) achieved three consecutive wins in the stadium.

After the match, Madhwal spoke to the media about the environment in the team, the absence of eleven men in the first two games and the mentality of the team’s bowling attack after being knocked out to reduce the score to 125/9. Rajasthan Royals batted first.

Talking about the team’s support and overall atmosphere, Madhwal was quoted as saying by MI’s official website: “The team environment is very good. Both (Rohit and Hardik) are very supportive and I had a lot of practice matches with Hardik and Rohit. Hit had a conversation.” (Jasprit) Bumrah bhai was also there. We should do better in the next games. “

Asked about not being included in the squad for the first two matches, Madhwal said the matches should be for the team and not for personal reasons.

“The combination of the first two games has been good in itself as world-class bowlers continue to compete for a place in the team,” he said.

Madhwal made his IPL debut last season and took 14 wickets in 8 games at an average of 15.64 with best bowling figures of 5/5 against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the eliminator.

The pacer said that during the inter-innings break after the poor performance with the bat, the team discussed that they should grab as many wickets as possible to put pressure on the opponents.

“Even during the strategic pause, we discussed sticking to the plan and taking 2-3 wickets to gain the upper hand,” he added.

“The way the wicket is, we have to get the basics right. We have to bowl from wicket to wicket. What we planned, all our bowlers followed it. We planned to get the basics right and then from there Wicket-to-wicket pitching. -Witches as the pitch also helps the fast bowlers,” Madhwal added.

After the game started, RR chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Trent Boult (3/22) destroyed the MI top order in the powerplay, reducing them to 20/4. Captain Hardik Pandya (34 off 21 balls, including 6 fours) and Tilak Varma (32 off 29 balls, including 2 sixes) A 56-run partnership briefly brought some order to the innings before MI collapsed again to end at 125/. 9 times in 20 rounds.

Yuzvendra Chahal (3/11) and Nandre Burger (2/32) bowled very well for RR and rocked the MI batting line-up with regular wickets, never giving them a chance to breathe.

In the run chase, RR lost openers Jos Buttler (13 balls), Yashasvi Jaiswal (10 balls) and captain Sanju Sam Sanju Samson scored only 12 goals in 10 goals. Reduced to 48/3, they were in a sticky situation. But Riyan Parag once again performed well, scoring 54 runs off 39 balls, including 5 fours and 3 sixes, to help his team win with 27 balls remaining A 6-wicket win.

Akash Madhwal (3/20) is the bowler for MI.

Bolt won the “Man of the Match” award.

Rajasthan top the table with three wins from three matches and a total of six points. Mumbai, on the other hand, have lost all three of their matches so far and are at the bottom of the table.

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