‘Most frustrating is…:’ MI bowling coach Bond slams team for poor performance

After a five-run defeat to Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shane Bond criticized the bowling attack for not sticking to the plans already discussed.

Mumbai’s death bowling woes came to the fore again on Tuesday when they conceded 54 runs in the last three overs as Lucknow posted 177/3, with Marcus Stoinis scoring an unbeaten 89 off 47 balls to remember for the ages. Innings played

“For me, the most disappointing thing is not being able to stick to the plans we talked about. What we wanted to do on this wicket for players like Marcus and where we wanted to bowl, we didn’t stick to it. Didn’t bowl. Consistent enough.”

“When you’re looking at a team plan, you’ve got to get batters to hit the areas you want them to hit. Make it as difficult as possible for them. You don’t (want ) that they hit you.” In the areas they want to hit.”

Bond said, “With Stoinis we saw – a good player. We knew he was trying to hit straight down the ground and we threw balls to him. In the end, his innings was the difference between the two teams.” ” In the press conference after the match.

In the absence of Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah, the likes of Jason Behrendorff, Chris Jordan, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan and Akash Madhwal have been the key pacers, who have collectively limited the bowling. IPL playing experience. But Bond refuses to see this as an excuse.

“One of the things we talked about at the start of the tournament was don’t make excuses. It’s the IPL, it’s the toughest tournament in the world. And you’re expected to go out and execute plans whether it’s Be it your first game or 100th game, that’s the mindset we take.

“We have always prided ourselves on our preparation, the work we do behind the scenes and how we review games – mistakes we want to rectify. The frustrating thing is that we are making the same mistakes over and over again ” Again. From my point of view, it’s disappointing.”

Bond has ruined the death overs bowling, leaving Mumbai’s playoff hopes hanging in the balance. “You can never stop good players from scoring runs. Rather you should get players scoring 89 off 47 and 70 off 47. They can make a difference of 17 to 20 runs. We talked about it at Wankhede You are talking about a difference of 10-15 runs.

“You have seen batting at a different level this season. So you have to be brave, be able to read the batsmen and maybe be able to do things outside your comfort zone for a while. And we didn’t Is.” ,

“Bowling attacks across the region are growing in this tournament – and some of them are more experienced than us. Now we have to win and it (playoff qualification) is still out of our control, which is disappointing.”