Bengaluru: Mumbai edged past Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs in their IPL clash on Thursday night . Pacer Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Hardik Pandya are in good form and helping their team to gain the victory. They keep raising the bar for excellence with every game they play. MI Skipper Sharma was lavish in his praise for Bumrah, who picked up three wickets, and Pandya, who scored 32 off 14 deliveries. He said, Jasprit Bumrah more mature and Hardik Pandya also stepping up.
In a Press conference Rohit Sharma said, "I think Bumrah is more than mature now. Yes, his performance keeps growing every day. He is a very dedicated individual and takes his game very seriously. He is quite regular with his work ethics.”
Bumrah took three wickets off 20 runs which proved crucial in restricting RCB six short of the 187 runs put up by Mumbai Indians. Sharma said Bumrah gave a crucial breakthrough by sending back RCB captain Virat Kohli, who was going great guns along with AB De Villiers at one point of the match. He said, "Bumrah is very smart. We know the class of Virat and AB (De Villiers) and hence we wanted to break the partnership when they were going strong. It (De Villiers) was a crucial wicket at that point of time of the game," he said. On Hardik Pandya's unbeaten knock towards the end of Mumbai innings, Sharma said those runs made the difference and such an innings was needed from him as he didn't do well in the last game against Delhi Capitals.
Talking about Hardik Pandya, shrama said, "He (Pandya) was out for a bit and didn't play a lot of games. So, he needs time to get into the groove. He is a crucial member of the team and very flexible. His form is very important to us, which will do good for us.”
