Australian opener Aaron Finch single-handedly took Gujarat Lions to a three-wicket last ball victory over defending champions Mumbai Indians in a thrilling Indian Premier League match.
His best IPL haul in vain, Mumbai Indians pacer Mitchell McClenaghan was left disappointed after ‘little mistakes’ saw them go down to Gujarat Lions by three-wickets in a thrilling match, in Mumbai. On Saturday night.
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The New Zealand pacer was in all praise for Australian and Gujarat Lions opener Aaron Finch saying he played a ‘mature knock’.
1. "I'm really disappointed. We swung the game as a fielding side numerous times. We all made a few little mistakes. We tried ourselves to be clinical, but this is something we will definitely be disappointed with," said McClenaghan, who returned with a four-wicket haul, including two in the penultimate over on Saturday night.
2. McClenaghan didn't want to blame any one particular for the loss and said every single person made a few mistakes.
Asked whether top-order failure made the difference, he said, "I can't point out, it's a game of cricket, it does happen sometimes. It's got to be a collective effort to win games of cricket. You can't put the blame on just one area.
3. "Personally, I can pin-point out 4 leg byes and 12 runs from my second and last over. Every single person like I said made a few mistakes and if you are going to win close games against world class players, you can't afford to do that."
4. "We did some scanning work with Bondy (Shane Bond), Ricky (Ponting) and Rohit (Sharma) last couple of days. We shut down the scoring zones predominantly, just a shame that we couldn't get him (Finch) out (laughs).
"He (Finch) played a very mature knock and showed the class of the player that he is, (was) exceptionally good," the 29-year-old left-handed pacer said.
