Ahead of their clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2024 Indian Premier League, Gujarat Titans director of cricket Vikram Solanki has backed right-arm seamer Mohit Sharma despite his poor performance in the 17th edition of the cash-rich league. With 27 wickets in 14 innings at an average of 13.37 and an economy of 8.17, Mohit concluded the 2023 Indian Premier League as the second highest wicket-taker of the season. But he is having trouble building on his strong performance this season.
In IPL 2024 so far, Mohit has managed to grab ten wickets at an average of 36.20 and an economy of 10.96.
The right-hand seamer recorded the worst result in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). During the match against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the ongoing tournament at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, he conceded 73 runs to record the worst spell in IPL history in his four overs after being hammered in the 20th over for 31 runs.
The Director of Cricket of the Gujarat-based franchise stated that the batsmen are hitting Mohit but we still support him as he is a world-class bowler and a hard-working cricketer.
“Mohit is someone who has a lot of experience and I’m sure you all monitored and saw how he came back last year. Sometimes definitely as a bowler the batsmen are fearless in the moment and you see the order as some the batsmen just face and the moment Mohit is playing Sometimes he is bowling some difficult deliveries and the wickets are so placid at the moment, that people are just hitting the line, but we support Mohit, he’s a world-class player and he’s a player. phenomenally hard-working cricketer and we believe in him,” Solanki said at the pre-match press conference.
After the defeat to the Faf Gu Plessis-led team in the 17th edition of the cash-rich league, the Gujarat franchise is in seventh place with 8 points after winning four of the 10 matches.
GT Squad for IPL 2024: Shubman Gill (C), David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Matthew Wade, Kane Williamson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Spencer Johnson, Kartik Tyagi , Joshua Little, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohit Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR, Manav Suthar.
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