Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said playing in the hot and humid conditions of UAE “takes a lot out of you”, an opinion shared by his pacer Trent Boult and Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik.
Rohit starred with a 54-ball 80 to help defending champions Mumbai Indians to a 49-run win over KKR in Abu Dhabi.
“It is not easy to play long innings here. It takes a lot out of you to play in these conditions. Maybe I was a bit tired in the end and it was a lesson for us that one set batsman needs to bat deep till the end.
“We’ve seen it in the past and that’s what I tried to do,” Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
During his stay in the middle, he played the pull shots to perfection and hit a couple of sixes. “I back myself to play the pull shots and have practiced quite a bit. Pretty happy with the performance of my squad….