IPL 2022: Mentor Sachin Tendulkar behind success – Spinner Murugan Ashwin never had a brilliant season. But on debut for Mumbai Indians, he was their star performer with two wickets for just 14 runs against Delhi Capitals. Ashwin said it was Sachin Tendulkar whose tips right before the match helped him ace the test. Follow IPL 2022 related news updates insidesport.in
“I am very, very happy that I got to play for MI. I have been a huge fan of them. To get a cap from Sachin sir was something I never dreamt of. I got to interact with him, spent some time on the pitch, asked him about CCI and Brabourne’s pitch because I had not played a match here. He gave me a lot of inputs that really helped me,” Murugan Ashwin said after the match in an MI video.
IPL 2022: MI’s Murugan Ashwin explains how MENTOR Sachin Tendulkar’s tips helped him take two wickets on debut – Watch video
With figures of 2⃣/1⃣4️⃣, it was a memorable 𝐌𝐈 debut for Ash 😎
He put those special tips from the 𝕄𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 to good use 🙌#OneFamily #DilKholKe #MumbaiIndians @AshwinMurugan8 @sachin_rt MI TV pic.twitter.com/AQTAVoMQdC
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 28, 2022
IPL 2022: MI’s Murugan Ashwin explains how MENTOR Sachin Tendulkar’s tips helped him take two wickets on debut – Watch video
Chasing 178, Delhi got off to a bad start as they lost three wickets inside the first six overs. Murugan Ashwin was the pick for captain Rohit Sharma as bowler removed Tim Seifert for 21 and Mandeep Singh in his first over for Mumbai Indians.
IPL 2022: MI’s Murugan Ashwin explains how MENTOR Sachin Tendulkar’s tips helped him take two wickets on debut – Watch video
Murugan also felt that only minor pulls were needed for Mumbai Indians to hit winning ways.
“As a bowling unit, we were looking very good out there. We need to address a few things like closing out the overs. We gave away a few more boundary balls than we’d have liked but we will regroup and come back stronger. I don’t think we succumbed to pressure, we have experienced bowlers, it’s just about finishing off games. We will come back,” said the 31-year-old leg-spinner.
IPL 2022: MI’s Murugan Ashwin explains how MENTOR Sachin Tendulkar’s tips helped him take two wickets on debut – Watch video
Kuldeep registered figures of 3/18, and Murugan Ashwin felt they both did the same thing on the pitch.
“Both me and Kuldeep had a good game, wrist spinners, with our variations, we can do a lot off the wicket. Both of us hit the right lengths, bowled the right speeds, it’s a good wicket to bat and the lines were important, we had to be precise to put the batters on the backfoot and force them to do something,” said Murugan Ashwin in a post-match conference.
IPL 2022: MI’s Murugan Ashwin explains how MENTOR Sachin Tendulkar’s tips helped him take two wickets on debut – Watch video
He also praised a good inning from Ishan Kishan. “Ishan was very good, he took it till the end, that was a good, responsible innings from him. He was batting well in the nets and practice games, so I’m happy for him,” said Murugan.
The 18th over proved vital as Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav smashed Daniel Sams for 24 runs which included three mammoth sixes as Delhi ended any hope of Mumbai. In the second ball of the penultimate over Patel smashed Jasprit Bumrah to four and Capitals took the honours and grabbed all the points.
IPL 2022: MI’s Murugan Ashwin explains how MENTOR Sachin Tendulkar’s tips helped him take two wickets on debut – Watch video
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