'We're making same mistake over and over again,' says MI bowling coach Bond

Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shane Bond has expressed his frustration with the teams bowling unit for committing the same mistake over and over again in match situations recently against Lucknow Super GiantsMohsin Khan made a fine comeback from a long injury layoff as the leftarm pacer defended 11 runs in the final over against the destructive Tim David to hand LSG a fiverun win over MI in the IPL here on TuesdayThis was after LSG recovered from 1233 in 17 overs to score 177 by the end of their innings with Chris Jordan going for 24 runs in the 18th over MI conceded more than 50 runs in the last three overs of LSG inningsFor me the most frustrating thing is about not sticking to the plans that we talk about We were very clear with what we wanted to do on this wicket to players like Marcus Stoinis and where we wanted to bowl we didnt bowl there consistently enough Bond said at the postmatch press conferenceWhen youre looking at a team plan youve got to get the batsmen to hit in areas where you want them to hit Make it as hard as possible for them You dont want them to hit you in areas that they want to hitWe saw that with Stoinis a fine player We knew he was trying to hit straight down the ground and we dished out balls for him to do it In the end his innings was the difference between the two teamsStoinis flaunted his raw power on way to an unbeaten 89 off 47 balls as LSG recovered from a poor start to post a competitive totalStoinis smashed eight sixes in his belligerent knock and shared an 82run partnership with standin skipper Krunal Pandya 49 retired hurt after LSG found themselves reeling at 35 for three in the seventh overBond added Weve always prided ourselves in our preparation the work that we do behind the scenes and how we review the game the mistakes on which we want to improve The frustrating thing is that were making the same mistake over and over again From my point of view its disappointingFor 15 overs we were excellent we delivered what we wanted to One player put us under pressure Thats what Rashid Khan did the other night and we made the same mistakes It didnt cost us in the last game it definitely cost us tonightAlso Read IPL 2023 Playoffs Whats at stake for the remaining teams All you need to knowYou can never stop good players from scoring runs Youd rather have players scoring 89 from 47 be at 70 from 47 Those 17 to 20 runs can make a difference Weve talked about that at Wankhede over the course of the year You are talking about a difference of 1015 runs he saidTheres no way we should have gone for 54 runs in the last three overs on that ground It was just poorMohsin who missed the whole of domestic season due to a shoulder injury helped LSG take a major step towards a topfour finish by holding his nerve in the final overMumbai too remain in contention for a playoff spot despite the lossThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever