IPL 2020: Ishan Kishan reveals why his match-winning knock against Delhi was not easy

Ishan Kishan said that things were t as easy as y looked after he anchored Mumbai's run chase successfully against Delhi at Dubai International Stium, Dubai on Saturday. Chasing a below-par total of 111, Kishan remained unbeaten on a 47-ball 72 at a strike rate of 153.19 including eight boundaries and three maximums as title-holders got past finish line by 9 wickets with more than five overs to spare.

young opener was judged Man of Match for his superlative kck.

't as easy as it looked': Ishan Kishan

"It was t as easy as it looked. ball wasn't coming on so I h to keep rotating strike and n take m apart later. It all depends on practice sessions, and how you train I wanted to keep my shape and hit sixes. My mom must get credit for food she gives me, that makes me so powerful, and sometimes even I'm surprised how my sixes carry such a long way. My coaches told me that playing shots on off-side is important, and that wasn't my strength initially, and I knew, even Rahul sir told me that I need to work on my off-side shots so I've been working on that this season and thankfully it's showing in match situation w. I enjoy batting everywhere, wherever manment wants me to bat. At this level you have to be able to apt", said Kishan during post-match presentation.

His skipper Kieron Pollard revealed why he introduced premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah into attack later on in first innings.

"I bowled Krunal and Jayant in powerplay because I thought re was some hold in surface and I thought grip would aid seamers. Bumrah, I kept delaying him, and in this kind of track, it was more useful to bowl him in middle. He kept looking at me and wanted to bowl in powerplay. We wanted to bowl spinners in powerplay with some grip on offer. Ishan has gotten better in every game, and once he gets going, he's hard to get rid of. He didn't even start, Ishan, in playing XI, came to . 4 and n came out to open and just blew us away. Rohit is getting better and hopefully, he'll be back soon. We need to play ar couple of good games and get to final. This isn't supposed to be our year (even year), but it's been working for us so far", said Pollard.

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Pollard's opposite number Shreyas Iyer said that his team was t up to mark right from start.

"Obviously, we fell short of reing wicket. We weren't up to mark right from start and those wickets in Powerplay took down momentum from us. It was important for a few of us to come and build a few partnerships but it happened in bits and pieces. re are lots of flaws to be pointed out, but we gotta believe in ourselves and be strong-heed, also be positive. You can't anticipate how it's going to play right from start. Openers being re, it was important to get a good start, once you get momentum, you can build on later. I feel 150 or 160 was a good total on such wickets. We'll have to think about it and be fearless in our approach. We'll keep things simple and will t try to think much. It's going to be a do or die for both teams depending on how RCB play tonight", he said.

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