IPL 2023 Eliminator: “Will be Interesting to See How Mumbai Indians Bat Against Spinners” – Harbhajan Singh

Mumbai Indians’ batting lineup have had consistent failures against quality spin bowling right through the ongoing IPL 2023. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh reckons it’ll be interesting to see how Mumbai Indians bat against the Lucknow Super Giants’ spinners in the IPL 2023 Eliminator.

The Rohit Sharma-led side jave performed exceptionally well on flat decks but have remained miserable on spin-friendly wickets. Their batting lineup faced issues while batting on tracks like Chepauk in Chennai and Ekana Stadium in Lucknow which can prove to be costly for them in the must-win game.

“It will be interesting to see how Mumbai bat against the spinners as I feel Ravi Bishnoi has been the biggest match-winner in the last two games for Lucknow. He picked up a couple of crucial wickets on both occasions and will be a major threat with great support from Krunal Pandya and Krishnappa Gowtham,” Harbhajan Singh said in a video on his YouTube channel.

LSG have the bowling for this pitch: Harbhajan Singh on IPL 2023 Eliminator

“LSG have the bowling for this pitch, but their Indian batters like Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda will need to put runs in the board. Even Marcus Stoinis has showed that he can score big and it will be interesting to see who steps up on the big occasion,” the former spinner discussed about the IPL 2023 Eliminator.

It’s worth noting that players like Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green and Tim David have played some brilliant knocks on batting friendly wickets. However, they found it pretty difficult to bat against quality spin attacks right through IPL 2023.

Chennai Super Kings defeated them in both home and away games courtesy of a brilliant spin bowling combination that includes Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Theekshana and Santner. Mumbai Indians can face the same problem against LSG in the IPL 2023 Eliminator which will be played at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai and will offer some help for the spinners.

Lucknow Super Giants have got a brilliant spin bowling combination as they have Ravi Bishnoi, Krunal Pandya and K Gowtham in their squad. They have also used Amit Mishra as their impact player on most occasions while Deepak Hooda too can bowl a couple of overs.