‘Nobody can replace Mohammad Shami’: GT Star loses to CSK after admission | Cricket News

Gujarat Titans fast bowler Mohit Sharma admitted that it will be difficult to replace a bowler like Mohammad Shami as his team lost by 63 runs to defending IPL champions Chennai Super Kings. India’s top pacer Shami is out of the Indian Premier League as he recovers from ankle surgery. After missing the five-match Test series against England, he is expected to return for the home Test series against Bangladesh later this year. Shami will also miss the T20 World Cup in June, co-hosted by West Indies and the United States.

“Any team is bound to miss a bowler like Shami and you can’t replace him with anyone. But injuries are uncontrollable and you have to think about how to move forward,” said Xia, who played for CSK from 2013 to 2015. Erma said. In the postgame press conference, he revealed that he has been with the Titans since 2022.

“As for GT, it’s the first year for Spencer (Johnson) and Azmatullah (Omarzai). They haven’t played much cricket yet. So, we have to be patient with them and not take it too seriously. result.

“We cannot worry about leaked fixtures or match results but should worry about the success of our plans and how we work in the background. These things will come in handy in the second half (of the match),” Sharma opined.

CSK posted a mammoth score of 206 for six, with openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (36) and Rachin Ravindra (46) becoming the stars along with Shivam Dube (51). The GT bowlers suffered a lot, with Umesh Yadav scoring 27 runs in two overs and crafty Afghanistan ace spinner Rashid Khan scoring in four overs Scored 49 runs despite taking a few wickets.

Sharma added that CSK’s milking in the powerplay was also one of the reasons for the huge losses.

“(CSK’s strategy) is not much different. When I played for CSK, it was the same, we usually tried to get the most out of the power play,” he said.

After the power play, CSK has a record of 69 wins and 1 loss.

“We knew it was going to be a similar situation, especially with Lachin (Ravindra)’s recent batting. However, we failed to execute our plan properly and judge the width and length during the bowling.

“We failed to execute our plan properly. We started bowling to the slower players too early and too far away from the stumps, causing them to score at will. As it happens, plans don’t always get executed correctly every time.

“But it’s a big game and we have enough time to restart, correct our mistakes and start again.

“We were targeting 200 as a par for this wicket and CSK played exactly what we had in mind. They were targeting 225-230 and then ended up with 206 but as we failed to implement Our plan, we believe we lost an extra 15-20 runs.” Sharma also defended the visitors’ decision to bowl first, saying dew is always a factor in night games but interestingly there was almost no dew on Tuesday night.

“Don’t assume the pitch plays a role. Generally speaking, if we win the pitch and decide to pitch it, it’s because we know the dew might come into play later in the game.

“However, there was no dew on Tuesday. As usual we decided to bowl and limit it to a par total and the dew was an extra positive for us.

“If the wickets were drier, CSK would have fielded two spinners. But if the (GT) pacers bowled in the right areas, they would have been difficult to hit,” he opined.

“Wouldn’t say we didn’t score but credit goes to the CSK bowlers”

Despite losing by 63 runs, Mohit refused to blame the batsmen for the poor performance. The CSK bowlers executed their plan perfectly, restricting GT to 143/8 with Sai Sudharsan (37) being the top scorer for GT.

“I wouldn’t say we didn’t score runs but credit to the CSK bowlers for good bowling. Deepak (Chahal) started well and at the end of the day it all comes down to the number of changes you have and when and how Use them.

“Don’t think this is a pressure scenario for us. The wickets are good and 200 is the total you can get here.

“But the initial loss of wickets, the lack of partnership and then the inappropriate length of bowling by the CSK bowlers led to our inability to improve the run-rate and we started falling behind in every over,” he concluded.

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