IPL 2025, SRH vs LSG: Mitchell Marsh was impressed with fast bowler Prince Yadav after he got the wicket of Travis Head with a beauty on Thursday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
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00:00Yeah, I thought Shardell bowled outstandingly, set the tone for us early and then especially
00:07with Abishek and Travis Head the way they go, you're under pressure straight away so
00:12I think Shardell showed his experience against those guys and certainly towards the back
00:17end bowled really well but I think it was just a really good all-round performance for
00:21us and it's nice to enter the tournament with a win.
00:25Before the league match, you said you wanted to effect a winning back lead and you made
00:31sure that Mitch and Prince and Shardell didn't look like they were on a plan, not giving
00:39you room for matters. So what are the thoughts of the Shardell match given that they had
00:43a chance of subverting you?
00:45Yeah, firstly really proud of Prince, I think it's his second IPL game and for him to bowl
00:51the way he did and to execute the way he did will hopefully give him a lot of confidence
00:55moving forward and like I said yesterday or the day before, you rely on your depth in
01:02this tournament, it's a long tournament and for guys like him to get an opportunity early
01:07in the tournament and stand up for us tonight was really impressive.
01:10How important is it to win against Auburn, a team that has a good facility and a good
01:15captain?
01:16Yeah, it's a really good win. Look, we know certainly from last season the way they've
01:20played and they made the final and they're one of the better teams in the competition
01:26so I also think I said yesterday that for us today it was about focusing on what we're
01:31good at and how we want to go about it, certainly early on in the tournament. So I think we
01:36stuck to our guns really well, no need for us to get ahead of ourselves but there's no
01:43easy game in the IPL, every team has a great list so to knock these guys off will hopefully
01:49give us a lot of confidence.
01:53Mitch, obviously you had a good month as well but you also had the best seat in the house
01:57for Nicholas Gooden's family, what was that like?
02:02Yeah, it's fascinating is probably the word I have for it. Obviously you played against
02:09Nicky for a long time and you're often on the other end of that so to be on his team
02:16I feel like I'm really connected with him as a bloke and as someone who I'm going to
02:19hopefully bat with a lot but yeah, it shows how important he is for our team and he's
02:25a fantastic player.
02:28It's the second straight match where you and Puran scored 57 for the 11th of October,
02:35so what was the talking between you and Puran?
02:43Yeah, there's not a lot of chat. I think when someone's in the zone like he is you're
02:48just trying to be in a partnership with him and keep going. He was borderline unstoppable
02:56tonight so there's not a lot of chat in the middle.
03:00Was it a good decision to back up, to bowl first because given the batting line-up of
03:06Saric, how was it planned to bowl first and take a chance?
03:13Yeah, I'm not really a part of those conversations but I don't necessarily think it's a bold
03:21call. It's a bold call to bat first and to try and defend against them as well so depending
03:26on which way you look at it, like I've said, no matter who you're playing against you've
03:30got to play 40 overs of good cricket to win IPL games no matter who you're playing against
03:35so we thought it was best to chase a total tonight on this ground and against them and
03:42we'll assess next game and go from there.
03:46There's always talk about Saric breaching the 800 mark and then you as a team came through
03:51with it and then even crossed 200. So in hindsight, how does it feel? And also you and Puran former
03:57Saric players have finished the match for your team today. How does that feel?
04:02That was a few teams ago for me so it's all good.
04:07So what was the first question?
04:17Yeah, I look just really proud of the bowling unit to step up the way they did today. I
04:23thought we executed, you know, five years ago if a team got 190 and you're sitting here
04:30going we executed beautifully you probably wouldn't have said that so that's the way
04:35the game's going. I really hope we see them get 300 this year, just not against us.