Not Rohit or Bumrah, the 20 year old player is the 'X factor' of Mumbai Indians.
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Mumbai Indians x factor: Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene has described 20-year-old Afghan cricketer Allah Ghazanfar as the team's x factor player. The bowling of this young star in the match against KKR was nothing special. However, Jayawardene expressed confidence and called him a future star.
The head coach called Allah Ghazanfar the X factor.
New Delhi. Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene on Friday defended young Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar, calling him the team's 'X factor'. 20-year-old Ghazanfar had given 51 runs in Mumbai's first match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Jayawardene said before Mumbai's match against Delhi Capitals, 'He is a player of the future. His height is so good that he can do wonders. He will perform better.
He said, 'For this he needs experience. He was to play against Sri Lanka but the tournament was cancelled. I am not worried. He bowled well. He suffered four-five bad balls in the entire match. He further said, 'This kind of X factor bowler is in the team. Apart from them, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacques and Mayank Markady are also in the team so that they can try different combinations in different situations. In the later stages of the tournament.
The head coach called Allah Ghazanfar the X factor.
Five-time champion Mumbai last won the title in 2020 but Jayawardene said that there is consistency in the team's performance. He said, 'With ten teams, the competition is tough, but in the last five years we have reached the playoffs two or three times. As a team we know that we have consistently performed well.
He said, 'We just have to trust our process and play good cricket. We will definitely reach our destination. Whatever success we have achieved so far has been by working in the same way, so I don't think we need to do anything different. As long as we are giving our all in every match and trying to become a better team and franchise on and off the field, I think the results will automatically follow.
Regarding pressure, Jayawardene said, 'There is no use in putting pressure on ourselves at the beginning of the season that we have not won the trophy for 4 years. The truth is that there are some teams which have never won. We are not making fun of anyone, but with all due respect we believe that we will trust our process and work on improving ourselves.
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