Mumbai Indians Director of Cricket Zaheer Khan praises Mumbai Indians’ (MI) bowling attack and said that the team had worked on it over the years and stayed with the same combination for betterment.
“The variety in style keeps us going,” said Zaheer during their match against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here. “Our bowlers can explore different conditions very well which is something we made a conscious effort towards going into the season. Different kind of bowlers add to what we have been trying to achieve together.”
MI’s bowling dismantled Kolkata Knight Riders and reduced them to 148 today. Fast bowlers Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, and Nathan Coulter-Nile have contributed with their single wickets while leg spinner Rahul Chahar was the star of Mumbai bowling attack.
“Undestanding the conditions is very important for a bowling unit — to understand what exactly works on a particular day. We spend a lot of time in understanding and planning. (At the same time) we give the bowlers freedom to go out there and express themselves,” he said.
“We’ve been telling the boys to stay in the zone. They’ve been putting in a lot of preparations. The cricketing rhythm has been good for us as a team collectively. We don’t have to change anything.”