Mark Boucher

Arjun conceded two sixes and four fours in that expensive over which was followed by another costly one from Australian all-rounder Cameron Green that went for 25 in the 18th over. “We were in control till the 15th over. They got 96 runs in the last five which was some hitting. We got it wrong [there]. I thought we dominated a lot of that game. But when we did lose, we lost big. We played some good cricket, but lost a bit in the last five overs. 

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“In T20 cricket, the game changes very quickly and it did during the course of one over. Unfortunately that one over went for quite a few runs and it created quite a bit of momentum for their [Punjab] batters and it became quite difficult for our bowlers at the back end. “We controlled it for a large part, but let it slip towards the end of our bowling. Now it’s about getting through this,” remarked Boucher.

Looking at the positives from the third defeat suffered by MI after a hat-trick of victories, Boucher singled out Suryakumar Yadav’s return to form with a typically belligerent 57 in 26 balls, that contained three sixes and seven fours and plenty of pyrotechnics, and Jofra Archer’s spells at full tilt in his comeback game after missing four IPL games in between, among the pluses.

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