Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder Naman Dhir downplayed the threat of Mayank Yadav during his quick-fire cameo against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 25* (11) to help MI post a massive score of 215/7 in their 20 overs.
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00:00I would say the pitch was still on the slow side, but the top-order batters batted very well. They gave us a very good start. The pitch was still on the slow side, I would say.
00:09I guess yes, from the past five games we are ticking the boxes and we are winning the moments which are leading us to the win.
00:37I guess if we continue doing that, we will move upwards as well.
00:42Naman, you know that your first time you were meeting LSD in the league states.
00:48I didn't know that.
00:50After six games, one you won for this.
00:54There were other play-offs in the league states.
00:57How did you feel like facing each other?
01:04It is nothing special.
01:08He is bowling and batting.
01:10It is nothing special.
01:11It is another bowler to face for me.
01:13I won't say I have prepared much against him.
01:17Yes, I have watched his videos about what he will bowl, what shots I can play.
01:21But I would say it is another bowler for me to face.
01:23Hi Naman, there have been a lot of talk about this being the first season with the use of saliva, the reverse swing coming to play towards the latter part of the innings.
01:37And this was a day game.
01:40So, did you see any difference in terms of how the ball, because you were batting at the death, did the ball behave differently?
01:47Did the saliva thing or older ball help the bowlers?
01:52How did you counter it?
01:53Yes, definitely saliva helps because it is heavier from the sweat.
01:57Saliva helps the ball reverse a bit at the end.
02:00And they used it quite good.
02:02And our ballers also used it quite well.
02:04So, yes, saliva helps especially in the day game because the weather is dry.
02:07Vickets are dry, so it helps a lot.
02:09And now that you know it helps, how do you prepare at the nets before the games or in this season specifically because of this?
02:21Because you are batting at the end, which is not usual for you in low mistakes.
02:25So, for the ideal, for this ideal specifically, how does your preparation go about keeping these things in line?
02:30I think I am practicing these shots in the nets as well.
02:33And I am very aware that the ball will behave differently in the last over.
02:38So, I am batting in the nets like that only.
02:42The bowlers are bowling with the old bowl in the nets.
02:44And that's what I am trying to do.
02:53I don't know, sir.
02:55I guess we are a very good team in Punjab.
02:57In this time, there are 15-16 people playing the IPL.
03:00So, I don't know, sir.
03:02I guess I don't know, sir.
03:04From the beginning, there are legends from our parents.
03:06Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh.
03:07I guess, all of them are good at the end.
03:10We are doing good at the end.
03:11You guys are in Punjab's WhatsApp group, Bandro, and Korn?
03:16No.
03:17We're doing good at the end.
03:18It's going in, it's going to be going over.
03:20These are going over.
03:21You