Mumbai Indians’ director of cricket Zaheer Khan has stated that stress on the five-time IPL champions is “at its highest” after a string of defeats, adding that the players will have to show the hunger to fight in order to bounce back in the tournament.  The Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians are the only side in IPL 2022 who are yet to open their account on the points table after losing all their six matches so far. They are at the bottom of the 10-team table, which is led by newbies Gujarat Titans with five wins from six matches.

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“This is a team sport so we have to stick together, have to find ways of coming together and then become a force. Each season has its own challenges and the pressure is at its highest so we have to show that kind of character, that fight and determination. You have to take the disappointing moments in your stride, that’s what cricket teaches you,” stated Zaheer in his mid-season overview.

The former India tempo bowler indicated that Dewald Brevis and Tilak Varma had been the intense spots of the crew thus far.

“The partnership of the younger weapons — going on the market and creating situations the place they put bowlers underneath stress — is one thing we search for, the spark that we speak about.” He also said that it was important now to back the team.

“The guys are keen on turning things around and we just have to back them. Not everyday will be your day – but it’s about how you take it, what you learn from it and how you adapt. I have seen the disappointed faces but also the determined ones. It’s about how we come out of this, the kind of character we show is what I’m looking forward to,” he stated.

He additionally burdened on the essence of sustaining a much-needed stability and maintaining in thoughts the long-term imaginative and prescient.

“Irrespective of wins and losses and the way the season goes, we even have a long-term imaginative and prescient. So we maintain the correct of stability all year long,” added Zaheer.

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