"It was a huge shift, but it has to do something with me, should be given the full confidence of the players. We've worked hard from the first game, but things did not quite go to plan," said Ponting iplt20.com. "We knew that if we were able to string a couple of victories together, we will be able to back strong.
"In the first four games actually we played some reasonable cricket, but we lost some important moments that cost us. I think we have started to play more like a team now."
Mumbai was similar to the beginning of the 2014 season, as well as where they lost in the first five games, but returned to win seven of their last nine games to qualify for the playoffs.
He was one of the reasons for success in Mumbai recently consistency opening partnership between Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel. The stands have helped 84, 1, 111.43, 42, 35 and 47 in their last seven games begin Mumbai well.
"The opening partnership is one area where we tried different things in the first three games to find the right combination," said Ponting. "Except for the match against Delhi Daredevils, the beginnings of our with a good bat in particular, we need to build this Statute for the likes of Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard to come and finish things off well. Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel have done it. Parthiv form, in particular, During this tournament was very good. It is not get great grades but he got us a good start in every game. "
Lasith Malinga with missing for the match in Chennai, other bowlers stepped up to keep the Super Kings to 158 after Brendon McCullum were involved and Dwayne Smith in the opening 44 operating partnership in 29 balls.
"I think Mitchell McClenaghan gave us more firepower. Spinners We take a small gate, the J Suchith and Harbhajan Singh's great," said Ponting. "This is a great win for the team. But as great as it is, we still have three games more to go out, and we need to win to give ourselves a chance to qualify for the playoffs. We can not get carried away but I'm really proud of the way in which the performance of the players in the games the last five. "
Hardik Pandya scored eight ball 21, including three sixes off Pawan Negi in the penultimate over to help win the game for Mumbai. He also contributed in the field with three catches.
"I've got actually very close to Pandya since I started in this business, and he does not know fear and a lot of very good skills," said Ponting. "We have not seen bowling him much yet but it is very good. We saw some of his hitting prowess tonight, and even in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he received 16 in the end. It will be cricketers very good going forward is a person and I am excited to continue working with him. "
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