‘They threw away their position’ – Stuart Broad after Mumbai Indians’ inexplicable loss to Gujarat Titans

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Australian cricketer Steve Smith and former England cricketer Stuart Broad shared their insights on various aspects of the recent IPL match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. Smith praised the performance of Jasprit Bumrah against Gujarat Titans, highlighting his skills and impact on the game, while Broad emphasized Bumrah’s trademark abilities and discussed Mumbai Indians’ loss in their first match of the season, acknowledging both the excitement of the game and the disappointment of the outcome.

“That’s what he [Bumrah] does, it’s just his trademark. He will beat you with the pace. He will beat you with his trajectory. It’s an interesting one with the new ball, I feel like he asked to come on and get the first wicket of the day and set the tone. But whatever he is going to use he is going to be successful because of so much skill and so much talent. And it’s just up to Hardik and team and management to figure out exactly where that will work,” Broad told Star Sports.

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“Yeah, absolutely. Games have become so exciting in these final overs. I must admit when Hardik Pandya hit that first ball of the last over for six, I thought they are going to win this and it is going to be a fairy tale story. But as Ravi said, Mumbai Indians not winning the first game, I don’t think it’s done too much harm, I think they have lots of positive signs for Mumbai Indians in this game but it’s extremely disappointing that they threw away their position because we know how things are to come by and the advantage of the home team in this stage of the IPL,” he added.

Smith spoke on Bumrah’s performance against Gujarat Titans. “He is such a good bowler. We know that he has been such an unbelievable bowler for so many years. It’s great to see him back after obviously missing last year. He created a good impact in the very first game. He bowled beautifully: 3 for 14, on what looked like a pretty good wicket. I think playing here, it doesn’t give you much but try to get to wickets and that’s the best place to be.”