Bengaluru, May 20 (CRICKETNMORE) A team effort every time has been Mumbai Indians' key to success, captain Rohit Sharma said after their facile six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) second qualifier game at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"That's been the hallmark of this team - we've not depended on one individual. It's all about teamwork and we've been doing that regularly. Good to see when individuals take responsibility," Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mumbai rode on Karn Sharma (4\/16) and Jasprit Bumrah's (3\/7) brilliant bowling effort to skittle KKR out for 107 inside 18.5 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While chasing, Krunal Pandya's unbeaten 45 was enough to see off their rivals and book a final berth where they will take on Steve Smith's Rising Pune Supergiant on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We've been working hard. So we don't want to shy away from going into the finals the hard way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We deserve to be in the final. We've played really good cricket through the tournament. We played a great game today. When you have a performance like that, it gives you confidence. Bowlers set the game up for us," Rohit said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Lauding his bowlers, the India opener said: "Their performance was very pleasing. Taking wickets at regular intervals. We always knew that wicket wasn't going to be easy, so we wanted to restrict the score."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Karn Sharma bowled really well and set the game up for us. It's something we've been talking about (Bumrah with the new ball). We all know Bumrah is a wicket-taking bowler. KKR have a top-heavy batting, so we wanted to get them out early. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I rely on my gut feel. We kept changing bowlers," he said on handing Bumrah the new ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On the final, Rohit said: "It's going to be an exciting contest. We don't have a good history with that team. We have to focus on what we need to do as a team. Hyderabad is a different venue so we need to assess conditions quickly. It's all about getting used to those conditions."<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rohit-sharma127.jpg", "alt_img": "We deserve to be in the final ,says MI skipper Rohit Sharma", "alt_title": "We deserve to be in the final ,says MI skipper Rohit Sharma", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "We deserve to be in the final ,says MI skipper Rohit Sharma", "seo_desc": " A team effort every time has been Mumbai Indians' key to success, captain Rohit Sharma said after their facile six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders", "seo_keywords": "Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma, Kolkata Knight Riders", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "we-deserve-to-be-in-the-final-says-mi-skipper-rohit-sharma", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2175", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-05-20 18:21:00", "updated": "2017-05-20 18:21:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-05-20 18:21:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-05-20 18:21:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/we-deserve-to-be-in-the-final-says-mi-skipper-rohit-sharma-27177" }