Abhinav Manohar (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Abhinav Manohar also revealed the message that head coach Ashish Nehra shared with him during a strategic time-out.
Young Gujarat Titans batsman Abhinav Manohar played a blistering 21-ball 42 against Mumbai Indians here on Tuesday. Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Manohar has been entrusted with the responsibility of playing big shots in the second half of the innings by Gujarat Titans. The 28-year-old lived up to expectations on Sunday as he thrashed the Mumbai Indians bowlers around the park during his devastating knock that shifted the momentum in Gujarat Titans’ favor as they posted 207/6 on the scoreboard.
Manohar came out to bat in the 13th over and did not take much time to get set and began attacking the bowlers at will as his counter-attacks helped Miller take his time.
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The 28-year-old revealed the message he shared with head coach Ashish Nehra during the strategic time-out.
“I went when a few wickets fell, we had a timeout. Ashu Pa came in and told me to keep the game going for three overs, if it is in your zone then hit it, if it is not knocked down for a single, then we can score runs in the end because we have the firepower to do so Is. Me and Miller talked about it and it worked. There was really an effort to score more runs in the middle overs. Manohar told the broadcasters after Gujarat Titans’ innings.
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The Gujarat Titans batsman also shared that Hardik Pandya told batsmen to go back to put pressure on bowlers like Piyush Chawla of Mumbai Indians.
“In our meeting, Hardik made it clear that if we go to his main bowlers, which was Piyush Chawla, we can put more runs on the board and then the rest of the bowlers will come under pressure. That’s what we tried to do and it worked,” he said.
Meanwhile, Manohar was confident that the Titans bowlers would be able to defend the 208-run target but said that the first 6 overs are going to be crucial.
“I think tonight is going to go our way, hopefully our bowlers do the job. The first six overs are crucial because the new ball is going to do something. I am sure our bowlers will do that.”
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