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Ryan Rickelton of Mumbai Indians play a shot during the IPL match vs Punjab Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. (Sportzpics)
Mumbai Indians opener Ryan Rickelton said that Monday’s loss to Punjab Kings will act as a wake up call to the team, adding that they have what it takes to win the Eliminator. Mumbai let go of a golden chance to secure a place in Qualifier 1 when they lost to Punjab Kings by 7 wickets.
“They outplayed us… so it was a bit of a wake-up call. It’s not the end of the world. In all honesty, the team is clicking very nicely we just need to sharpen up one or two things with the bat, ball, and in the field as well. We’ve got the skills and group to win the Eliminator. The guys will definitely focus on the areas we need to improve, and I’m sure we’ll put up a strong performance,” Rickelton said.
Reflecting on the performance against PBKS, the South African felt MI were 20-runs short of a good total.
“We were obviously about 20 runs short. That said, we didn’t mind batting first. We know that if we can set up a good platform and post a total between 200 and 220, with our bowling attack, we’re usually in a strong position. Historically, we’ve defended 200 quite well. It wasn’t a scenario we were dreading. I just think we lost wickets at crucial moments, and that prevented us from getting those extra 20 runs we were aiming for,” he said.
In the match, Punjab Kings humbled Mumbai Indians by seven wickets. Asked to bat first, MI scored 184 for seven and PBKS completed the chase of 185 with nine balls to spare.
Priyansh Arya (62 off 35 balls) and Josh Inglis (73 off 42) struck sparkling half-centuries to lead Punjab Kings’ chase.
Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav top-scored for MI with 57 off 39 balls while there were two wickets apiece for Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh and Vijaykumar Vyshak, who was, however, smashed for 23 runs in his final over by Suryakumar and Naman Dhir.
(With agency inputs)
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