Mumbai Indians pacer Daniel Sams suffered a nightmare against his Australian compatriot Pat Cummins in the previous IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Sams conceded 35 runs in an over as Cummins ended the game in sensational style for KKR and also recorded the joint-fastest fifty in the Indian Premier League in 14 deliveries.
Sams ended up conceding 50 runs in his three overs during the match. He was then left out of the starting XI to face Royal Challengers Bangalore, which also ended in a seven-wicket loss for Mumbai Indians.
Ahead of the match against Punjab Kings, star pacer Jasprit Bumrah mentioned that any bowler can have a bad day in the office, especially when it comes to the shortest format of the sport. He went on to add that bowlers should be mindful about not carrying the baggage from previous matches into the next game.
In the pre-match press conference before facing Punjab Kings, Bumrah remarked, “This is T20 cricket and anybody can get targeted and anybody can have a good game or a bad game. It is very important that you don’t carry the baggage further because there are back-to-back matches and you need to move on quickly.
“He understands that being an experienced cricketer. Every bowler has got hit in the past and everybody has become thick-skinned. We are discussing how we can help him if there is such a scenario again.”
Mumbai Indians are in deep trouble heading into the match against Punjab Kings. Following the recent victories of Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, they are now the only team in IPL 2022 to have not registered a single point on the board.
The five-time IPL champions have underperformed in games and have issues to address in both the batting as well as the bowling departments. Bumrah has addressed those concerns and mentioned that it’s important to understand that the team is going through a phase of transition.
“Every team goes through a transitional phase as there has been a big auction and two new teams have come. So a lot of our old players have gone into different teams,” he added.
