IPL 2022: Mumbai Indians A New Team, No Added Advantage Playing At 'Home': Rohit Sharma

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Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma said there was no extra advantage since IPL 2022 group league matches were being played in Mumbai and Pune. Saying MI were a new team with only four players retained, Rohit Sharma said it will be a new experience for the fresh set of players. (Video courtesy: Mumbai Indians. Photos: BCCI, MI)  #MumbaiIndians #RohitSharma #IPL #IPL2022 #BCCI  Follow this story and more: https://www.outlookindia.com/

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:19 Let me explain to you.

00:22 It's a new team.

00:23 I hope you saw the auction.

00:27 Relatively new team.

00:29 A lot of the new guys have come into the team.

00:33 So I don't believe in added advantage

00:36 because these guys, a lot of the guys, like 70%, 80% of the squad

00:40 have not played in Bombay before.

00:42 So there's no such thing as added advantage.

00:52 Only myself, Surya, Pollard, Ishan, you know,

00:56 Bumrah, those guys have played in Bombay a lot.

00:59 Others have not played.

01:00 So there is no such thing as added advantage.

01:05 We all are playing in Bombay.

01:08 After two years, we have not played a single game in Mumbai.

01:12 In fact, the other franchises have played in Bombay last year.

01:16 We didn't get to play.

01:17 So no advantage.

01:20 It's a format that we played in 2011.

01:24 And to be honest, nothing really changes in terms of planning.

01:28 You just have to play the opposition as simple as that.

01:32 Some opposition you might only play once, some two.

01:37 But again, I don't think there's a whole lot that you

01:41 need to change in terms of planning.

01:44 So yeah, that's what I was saying.

01:48 I don't think there's too much changes that we need to do.

01:50 We just need to be aware that certain teams that you're

01:52 going to play only once, you need to be very well prepared

01:56 because there's no coming back and playing them again

02:01 against those guys.

02:02 So you just need to plan well against those guys.

02:06 Make sure that all your bases are covered,

02:08 especially against the team that you're playing once,

02:10 because there's no second shot at that.

02:15 And yeah, I mean, Surya is at NCA at the moment.

02:20 He's recovering well.

02:21 He'll be here soon.

02:25 And yeah, I can't give you his availability right now,

02:29 whether he'll be available for first game or not.

02:31 But yeah, we're trying to get him here as soon as possible

02:34 once we have the clearance from NCA.

02:37 [AUDIO OUT]

02:40 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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