Legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar, was highly impressed with the Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer, Akash Madhwal, for his stunning bowling figures which resulted in the franchise’s win against LSG in the Eliminator on Wednesday, 24th May.

Madhwal ripped through the top and middle order and recorded a five-wicket haul for just five runs in his 3.3 overs against Lucknow in the crucial match. In doing so, Mumbai outrightly annihilated the Krunal Pandya-led side and won the high-voltage clash by 81 runs to cruise to Qualifier Two.

Impressed with Madhwal’s splendid bowling figures, India and MI great, Sachin advised the pacer to keep grinding in MI’s euphoric dressing room celebrations. Sachin also lavished praise on the performances displayed by Cameron Green (41 off 23 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (33 off 20 balls), which helped MI attain a competitive total.

“Greeny (Cameron Green) and Surya's (Suryakumar Yadav) partnership set the platform for us. 182 on this big ground, was a good total. The wicket played differently compared to the last game, but when we went out to field, it was as if we were defending 145, the kind of fielding standards were set. It was incredible,” Tendulkar said in the dressing room speech.