On Wednesday, Mumbai Indians sealed an empathic victory as they chased down the fourth-highest total in the history of Indian Premier League against Punjab Kings at the Punjab Cricket Association in Mohali. After winning the game, MI’s young batter Nehal Wadhera opened up about his side and said that they have been training by making two teams from their own squad, which helped them.

“We are playing practice matches among ourselves by making two teams from the squad. Both the teams are posting 200+ consistently so a lot of confidence for these kinds of run chases is coming from those practice matches,” Nehal said during the post-match conference.

“We have great faith in our bowlers. All teams are scoring huge scores this season so it is not that the bowlers are doing something wrong.

The young batter also spoke about the impact player rule and said it gives the batters a bit of freedom to play fearlessly.

“The Impact Player rule also gives the batters a bit of freedom to play fearlessly as they know they have an extra batter in their wings. The rule has also led to more close finishes in the IPL which we love to watch.”

Nehal also talked about Suryakumar Yadav, who was the star with the bat. He said, “No doubt, he (Suryakumar Yadav) is a 360-degree player. He practices his shot a lot of times in the net and that’s why those shots seem like they come naturally to him”.

“He is one of the finest T20 batters in the world. He doesn’t shy away from giving us good tips on how to pull off those extravagant shots. We learn a lot from him,” he added.

Talking about the clash, Mumbai won the toss and decided to bowl first and gave away 214/3. In reply, the Mumbai-based franchise chased the total with the help of heroics from Ishan Kishan (75 off 41) and Suryakumar Yadav (66 off 31) and won the game by six wickets.