IPL 2025, MI vs DC: Mahela Jayawardene said that Mumbai Indians have played good cricket, having won six out of their last seven matches, and deserve to have play-off fate in their own hands. A win for MI on Wednesday will send them through to the playoffs.
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00:00yeah so since resumption so much has happened with the three teams qualified
00:12and you have five teams in the bottom half you're my end DC still in the race
00:18how do you look at and how how is the team grateful for what has happened still
00:26in the race for the yeah I think obviously how much got pushed back and we had to
00:33wait for other results to happen but I think we were always in contention for
00:40for playoffs after we had that run so it's it's in for us it's good to start
00:48the tournament and and play cricket the guys have been waiting for this training
00:54has been pretty good and just take one game at a time and and see what we need
01:00to do the league stage is closed how do you look at yeah like I said you know
01:09it's in our control it's it's great position to be and but I I can't I wish I
01:15can predict what's going to happen so I can't so I the message from me for the
01:20boys was to make sure that we go through our routines our processes the way we
01:25train where we plan and the way we've gone about this tournament I'm very happy
01:32the intensity the the way they've reacted to certain situations and we just need
01:40to do the same it's do the same it's that simple so I'm not thinking ahead or
01:50anything like that it just we've had a good week's preparation and watch what
01:58the other teams were doing as well how they've come about and we just need to go
02:03forward and express ourselves and play a good game of cricket and any thoughts on
02:08how the change in playing condition of one hour extension of extra time will
02:13affect you think I don't know I mean obviously the weather's been threatening
02:18most of the games and it's addition that they've collectively taken if it helps it
02:24helps but if you have serious screen I don't know whether the extra is going to
02:29help but as long as we can get a game with the extension yeah I mean I think
02:35everyone wants to play a game of cricket rather than not play yeah Mahila it's all
02:41said and done it's the matter of fact is it's down to two teams now isn't it the
02:45fourth and I'm sure you'll be happy if you get through tomorrow then it's don't have to
02:50depend on Punjab Kings as such you know for both teams too yeah like I said
02:54earlier I mean it's it's it's better to have it in our control than anyone else's
03:02and and watch that situation so we've played good cricket to deserve to be in
03:07that situation and and we'll we'll go out and try and play our best game of
03:13cricket tomorrow well if you confirm the availability of the three guys who are
03:24going out till when they are available that's one whatever the timelines that we
03:32were given is what I I know so far from those respective boards so till that time
03:40then they'll be available so essentially will will head back after tomorrow
03:45night's game and the other to the two South Africans will be I thought I thought
03:49the England boys are leaving after the league stages the South Africans were
03:55given 26 to arrive something like that if I'm not mistaken so that's what we've
04:02been told and in that respect this is a first for the IPL that only for a short
04:08term for a set unit you have to think about replacements from Mumbai Indians
04:13perspective once if and when you get to the knockouts how tricky will it be
04:19considering there are three starting 11 guys that you will actually miss I mean
04:26not three starting level probably two Mitch is still there because Mitch we
04:33played a different combination but yeah it's two guys it's it's the same it's going to
04:38happen for most of those teams which have qualified already they're going to be in
04:42the same situation so I'm not I haven't thought that far ahead we've obviously
04:49named the three guys that we're looking at to bring both two of them already here I
04:55think Johnny will arrive tomorrow so we'll see I mean I'm just concentrating on
05:02tomorrow's game get through that and then we'll see what we need to do hi Mahela this
05:10is where a very unprecedented situation where am I going to a must-win game after
05:15about two weeks break so how does Mumbai Indians prepare for this and what does
05:20Mahela Jaivadine tell them in terms of how to get ready because we've seen must-win games
05:26preceded by one or two matches but this tomorrow's game is yeah I mean we were in
05:34that situation to be honest like when we were for one after five matches for us
05:41every game was a must-win from that situation the boys reacted pretty well the
05:47last game obviously we gave ourselves a great opportunity we fought really well
05:52after mistakes we've done so cricket wise I'm not worried the brand of cricket that
05:58we are playing react into situations this is what we've all built the team for for
06:06an IPL yes we had a break but it's looking at a week ten days we've been
06:11practicing we've done what we need to do simulations and how we want to play this
06:17game but end of the day I've played enough cricket to understand it's still a game of
06:24cricket and the end result will only come if you go through the processes if we
06:29just take one ball at a time go through the processes the plans execution 240
06:37balls later we'll have a result so if we can win majority of those deliveries the
06:41plays that's my message to try and keep that focus in and make sure that you know
06:47we enjoy the game of the brand that we've been playing and we have a really
06:53good experience unit who could handle that and that's the message and yeah I
07:01mean to be honest whatever's happened and all that it's not in our control what
07:05we can control is what we were given and preparation and then tomorrow's game so
07:11just take it that simply I know you guys might think you know how can it be it's a big
07:18game for us but it's still a game of cricket whether it's a World Cup final
07:22whether it's IPL final I can't control the dynamics I can't control the fans or how
07:29media is reacting to the whole thing what I can control is to make sure the guys are
07:33focused to play a game of cricket it'll be for them a normal game of cricket as long as I
07:38I can't get them to think like that that's a way forward in this time period the the break
07:47that was there Rohit Sharma is retired from test cricket and there's also a stand named after him
07:52now here at the one K day so have you had a word with him and do you feel that he still has you know
07:57a couple of years in him to sort of give to IPL and to the Mumbai Indians I was away at home when all
08:09this happened and came back obviously I had a chat to him I mean he was quite happy with the decision
08:16that he made obviously that's something quite personal to him obviously with the stand we were
08:23here I mean some proud moment for for any cricketer who's come from its neck of the wood and and be
08:30recognized while he was still playing so it's something special for role we saw that in his
08:35speech as well he was quite emotional and yeah I'm very happy for him like I said my focus is
08:45tomorrow's game I haven't thought any further than that