MI look at ‘collective effort’ to get off the mark: Unadkat

Winless until now, Mumbai Indians have to win all leftover eight matches to remain in the play-off race however Jaydev Unadkat said they are not looking excessively far ahead and focusing in on putting a “collective” work to initially get off the mark.

A horrendously out-of-form Mumbai Indians are very nearly disposal with six straight losses and Rohit Sharma and Co should get the good Chennai Super Kings on Thursday to remain above water.

“There has to be a collective effort and that is what we are looking for. At the moment there is no point in looking at the bigger picture. The state we are in, we are just looking to put some things right, the missing pieces right first and just get off the mark.” Unadkat said at the pre-match virtual press conference.

“For now, rather than looking at the bigger picture, it is about winning that one game, how we are going to do a couple of things differently maybe from what we did in a last few games, where we were close but not over the line.

“For the present, as opposed to taking a gander at the master plan, it is tied in with dominating that one match, how we will do two or three things diversely perhaps from what we did in a last couple of games, where we were close yet not over the line.

“So maybe just rectify those things first, just think about getting those two points for us and then take things forward from there.” Mumbai Indians bowling attack led by Jasprit Bumrah and comprising Unadkat, Basil Thampi, Murugan Ashwin among others has been one of the weakest link as they have been taken to cleaners by the opposition.

Unadkat said MI hasn’t been able to deliver as a unit. “You could have seen some special overs from some of our bowlers in the past but then we are not really putting it all together as a unit.”