Bumrah was special but batters let us down: Rohit Sharma

TIL Desk Sports/ Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma termed Jasprit Bumrah’s maiden five-wicket haul in the IPL as a special effort but rued the performance of his team’s batters, who failed to chased down a ‘par score’ against Kolkata Knight Riders, in Navi Mumbai, on Monday.

MI rode on Bumrah’s 5 for 10 to restrict KKR to 165 for nine but flopped big time with the bat, barring Ishan Kishan (51 off 43) to lose by 52 runs.”Bumrah was special today. But I’m disappointed with the way we batted. I thought it was a par score on that pitch but it was a little poor from the bat from us,” a disappointed Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“We’re playing our fourth game here so we know what to expect from a pitch like that. There were a few balls that took off, but that happens. We know seam bowlers will get help, but we didn’t bat well, didn’t get partnerships and that was something missing from our side today.