Trent Boult admits Mumbai Indians bowlers lacked a plan against the Gujarat Titans

The Titans beat the Indians by 36 runs in the IPL 2025 fixture on Saturday after GT were able to post an imposing total of 196 off of their 20 overs.

In response, MI only managed 160 - falling well short of their target and Boult believes it was the bowling unit that let the side down on the day.

"Good tactics from the opposition. If you have those options to do that, it obviously makes sense, but I don't think we'll be using it as an excuse," Boult said.

"There are players in our team that have played all over the country on all different types of wickets. So, in all honesty, just an off-game tonight, I thought they (GT) scrapped their way to a good total, and they showed us how to bowl on that wicket. So full credit to them.

"I think it was just good thinking of using home tactics to your advantage. Obviously, there should be an advantage for the home team. But like I said, not an excuse from our point of view. We understood the wicket was black soil and I don't think we just didn't adjust nicely enough.

"They got 36 more runs than us. That's what went wrong. I think we can just be 1 or 2 percent better. They took the pace out of the ball, making the batters play big shots combined with scoreboard pressure, that's just good cricket.

"I think the fielding is a part of the game that can never be excused. I think we're a little bit off the field today. Take a catch there on the boundary. Save a couple of boundaries. You know, there's maybe 20 or 30 runs there. So, yeah, time to move on and look forward to doing that," Boult concluded.

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