Umesh Yadav saved his calm to bowl an excellent remaining over of the match to information Gujarat Titans to a slender victory over Mumbai Indians of their opening match of IPL 2024 on Sunday. With 19 runs to defend, Hardik Pandya slammed the primary two deliveries for a six and a boundary. Nevertheless, Umesh got here again strongly with two wickets within the subsequent two balls which proved to be essential for his facet. The veteran quick bowler revealed that he acquired numerous assist from Gill in addition to the group administration regardless of conceding 10 runs in 2 balls. Gill additionally spoke to him and mentioned that he was doing nicely.

“Really, I used to be standing silently when Ashu pa mentioned ‘You bowl the final over’. After I gave away two boundaries, Shubman got here to me and mentioned, ‘Don’t fret, you’re doing nicely’. When the captain and assist employees present perception in you, robust matches additionally appear simple and that works for me,” Umesh mentioned.

“From what I noticed, there was no use bowling exterior the stumps, so I attempted to bowl stump to stump. So, after two balls, I used to be again to fundamentals,” the veteran quick bowler added.

Umesh additionally mentioned that he was impressed by the maturity proven by Gill in his first ever match as a captain. The quick bowler defined that Gill will solely mature with extra matches as skipper and managed his bowling sources extraordinarily nicely towards a powerful facet like Mumbai Indians.

“It was his first match as captain, however the form of maturity he confirmed and the way in which he has performed, he was sensible. He talked to everybody, made plans and knew about utilizing his bowling sources. The extra he performs, he’ll get extra mature. He will likely be an excellent captain,” Umesh concluded.