Kedar uncertain of his future in the tournament


Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians’ clash ended with the former winning it by a wicket in a tight clash. The Chennai-based franchise has once again restored its dominance in the league after a two-year exile.
Mumbai, after amassing a total of 165 runs in the 1st innings, lost the match in the penultimate delivery when Kedar Jadhav hit Mustafizur Rahman for a boundary. Dwayne Bravo made 68 off 30 and shared a 41-run 8th-wicket stand with Kedar who is expected be out for a month due to a hamstring injury sustained during the match.
Following the win, Kedar said, “I am happy psychologically, but physically I am hurt. I don't know how long I will be out, maybe two weeks, three weeks or even a month.
“Fingers crossed, but I would like to appreciate Bravo's knock. Credit goes to him, he brought us back into the game.

“I knew I couldn't run and I needed to get the runs. I told him (Tahir) that I will try and make the runs myself, play all the six balls and try and stay still. But after three balls, I felt he (Tahir) was feeling itchy.
“I knew that the bowler would come under pressure, I was waiting for my chance, knew that the bad ball would come, wanted to see how my body was reacting. The deeper I took the game, he (the bowler) comes under more pressure.”
Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma was happy with the team effort. He stressed to improve death bowling. However, the 30-year-old is determined to look into the positives and learn from it.
“Feeling low at the moment, credit to Bravo, he played well, hit the right pockets, there was some dew and that didn't help us, but they played well. We need to improve our death bowling, we were in the game till the 17th over, the last three overs didn't go our way, and dew isn't an excuse.
“We knew with 165 on the board, we needed to bowl very well, but I think we were 10-15 runs short. Bravo bowled very well in the end, we have got a great bunch of guys, we need to look into the positives and learn from it. Just the first game, it isn't the end of the world, we will need to learn from this,” said Rohit.