IPL 2022, MI vs PBKS: Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal happy to contribute to the team’s win against Mumbai Indians. Cricket News – Times of India

Pune: After scoring 1 (vs KKR), 4 (vs CSK) and 5 (vs GT) in his last three matches after an opening innings of 32 (vs RCB), Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal He scored his first half-century in match 23 of IPL 2022 in which his team defeated Mumbai Indians By 12 runs.
Agarwal was clearly pleased with his performance which earned him the player of the match award.
“It was a good night, very happy to contribute to the team’s win but the important thing for us was the two points. I can’t really say it was just runs on the board. I thought there was a lot in this game.” In the ups and downs, there were a lot of crucial moments and often we were cashing in on those crucial moments and winning those crucial moments,” Agarwal said after the match on Wednesday night.

Agarwal said that his team won important points which resulted in his team winning the match.
“Somehow, when the game was 50/50, those moments came towards us. So it was not just batting. It was that phase of the game.
“At the beginning of the tournament, we said that this is the brand of cricket we want to play. We want to play aggressive, tough cricket, and at the same time we need to show good intention. Were smart. Bat too. So we showed great intention but we were smart enough to keep wickets in hand and use death too.”

“I thought that in the last match against Gujarat, we gave wickets to Rashid when it was not needed. But this time we were much more aware and careful. We made sure we didn’t give wickets to their main bowlers and if It’s your day, you have to take the team forward. It can be tough,” he said.
Agarwal said his team had to change tactics to counter the onslaught of young Mumbai Indians batsman Devald Brevis, who scored 49 off 25 to take back the initiative. His innings and partnership with Tilak Verma (36) helped Mumbai Indians be reduced to 2/32 in their chase of 199.

“Give credit to (Dewald) Brevis for the way he faced Rahul (Chahar) and got him better, but then Rahul also had a great comeback. After that one over, the three overs he bowled were tight Obviously when the way Tilak and Brevis were going, we had to change our strategy and get into the main bowlers to try to take wickets and luckily it was through runouts.

Agarwal said that his bowling unit does not depend only on South African pacer Kagiso Rabada.
“We don’t just rely on Rabada, yes he leads the attack for us, but we have two other players who can come and do it. It’s nice and very happy to have three wins. I think we’re going to total We are playing good cricket together and if we get 5-10% better in every game, I think we will keep doing special things,” said Agarwal.