Harbhajan Singh slams his batsmen after the loss against Sydney – Cricket News Update
Having lost their last match of the Champions League T20 2012 against Sydney Sixers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, the Mumbai Indians’ captain, is devastated with his side’s performance and believes that the top-order batsmen did not play responsibly.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 won the toss and opted to bat first in the last Group B fixture. However, Harbhajan and company bowled extremely well to restrict the opposition to just 136 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
Taking into account their strong batting line-up, the Indians were expected to chase down the total without any problem; however, that was not to be as the defending champions succumbed under pressure, managing just 124 runs in reply,
losing the match by 12 runs.
The wily off-spinner is not one bit happy with his batsmen and slammed their lacklustre approach, which led to the franchise’s downfall. Harbhajan’s anger is justified as the Indians remained winless in the tournament, losing three
of their group fixtures and one being washed out.
"This was a kind of a game that hurt more than last few games," said Harbhajan. "137 was very much gettable in, not 20 overs, but 18 overs. I think we batted too slow in the opening part. We didn't take our opportunity. We didn't play
well enough, and we didn't take responsibility, and this is where we stand.”
The pitch at the Kingsmead Durban was on the slower side, not allowing the batsmen to score their runs freely. This is the reason why http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 and Dwayne
Smith could only manage 52 runs in the ninth over, before the latter was dismissed.
The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 admits that batting in the power-play has been Mumbai’s problem in the tournament and they must address that issue before the sixth season of the Indian Premier League.
“In all these games, we didn't get a start in the first six overs. These kind of games, you have to take the game away from the opposition by scoring runs in the first six, and that didn't happen," he added.
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