Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Smriti Mandhana on Monday admitted that they have been “below par” of their WPL match towards Mumbai Indians after struggling consecutive defeats, however promised a robust comeback.
Deciding to bat first, RCB have been all out for 155 after which noticed MI chase down the goal with 34 balls to spare.
“We would have liked to do better. We were below par. And will come back strongly. Two-three batsmen were scoring 20-30 runs, some batsmen including me didn’t score well,” Mandhana stated on the post-match presentation. Could
He stated, ‘We will sit and discuss and attempt to carry out higher. We had six-seven good bowlers. As batsmen, we have to put up a great whole on the board.
“It’s a very short tournament, we can’t get over it. In franchise cricket, even after two losses, we can turn it around quickly.” Mandhana, nevertheless, was happy with the performances with the bat by Kanika Ahuja (22) and Shrinka Patil (23), who have been batting at quantity seven and eight.
“Lots of positives as Kanika and Srinka batting after top-order collapse, really happy with the way they batted,” he added.
While RCB have misplaced two matches in a row, this was Mumbai Indians’ second win in as many innings.
“I feel the batting was the identical, the bowling we bowled was higher within the first recreation (towards Gujarat Giants) than it was at the moment. Still, we did effectively to maintain them to small scores.
“We just wanted to back ourselves and chase. Everyone in the team is happy to do it their own way and they are enjoying themselves,” Harmanpreet stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
