Bombay Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene revealed that opening batsman Quinton de Kock wore his training pants during their match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi
De Kock scored 78 game-winning goals, but MI knocked down the target of 149 with 8 wickets in hand in just 165 overs to clinch the provisional first place in the IPL 2020 points table After the match was announced, de Kock was not wearing his official match jersey
“Apart from Quinny who played with his training pants, everything else was pretty decent,” Jayawardene told de Kock in a video uploaded by MI to their Twitter.
« Ok, so don’t start over because the marketers have gone mad, people have gone mad too If it works, it works but we’ll sort something else out »
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Quinton de Kock, who received the Man of the Match for his performance against KKR and even thanked Jayawardene for motivating him ahead of the game De Kock spoke about his interaction with head coach Mahela Jayawardene after the Mumbai’s game against the Delhi Capitals on October 11 and how that led him to finish that game against KKR
« These [side of the leg] shots are just one of the shots I have in my arsenal I’m not planning on doing this, it’s just natural It’s just to keep my balance and play them as I see them The last game I was disappointed that I didn’t finish the game Mahela had a few words with us So I had to rectify that Mahela may upset you if you do something ordinary thing, ”said de Kock, man of the match, in the post-match presentation
« To be honest, I’ve played this game enough to know there’s nothing you can do about it if you lose one You have to keep going and do the best for your team I’m a better keeper than this I’m working on some aspects of the outfit, but I think I can continue to improve on that aspect of the game «
MI is currently 2nd in the points table and will face the Kings XI Punjab in the first double-header game on October 18 (Sunday)
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