Akash Madhwal was the star of the night for MI, as he recorded the joint-most economical five-wicket haul figure in the league's history. Madhwal bowled a back-of-the-length delivery and Badoni attempted a wild cross-batted shot but failed to get in the line of the ball. A very different thing, that he does, that we don't see often these days, is that no variation is his variation. If you bowl two seam-up deliveries and they're dot balls, the batter prepares himself for a variation. “Badoni, expectedly, was preparing for a variation, but Madhwal didn't make any.

Source: Hindustan Times May 26, 2023 05:55 UTC