IPL 2021: How difficult is it to bowl with wet ball in Chennai? MI pacer Trent Boult explains

Defending champion Mumbai Indians is off to a mixed start in the 2021 Indian Premier League, having won and lost two each, as it currently placed fourth in the points table. It would aim to get back on the winning ways when it takes on bottom-placed Punjab Kings in Chennai on Friday.

The Chennai track has acted weird, as it is getting slower with each passing game, while the dew is making it difficult for the bowlers to deliver. On the same note, MI pacer Trent Boult has explained how difficult it is for the bowlers to execute, especially while bowling second.

"I think it definitely gets tricky when the ball gets wet. We have the experience of playing in Chennai and the other night was probably the worse it has been. For a foreign player coming to this country, it is something definitely different to what we used to, back in New Zealand, and it (dew) is part and parcel of the game here, and as a bowler, you simply have to find a way to able to execute some sort of deliveries," Boult said during a pre-match press conference on Thursday.

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He also feels that despite PBKs being at the bottom, it has a commendable batting line-up and won't be easy for the MI bowlers to bowl at them. "They are incredibly dangerous. I have bowled to KL Rahul a few times and I think he is one of the classiest batsmen in the world when he gets going. So, 100 per cent, we need to be on our game as a bowling unit," he reckoned.

Boult also focused on the fact that MI's middle-order hasn't really fired but was hopeful that it would put runs on the board soon. Notably, the middle-order has failed to steer the side to a challenging total of 170-180 so far this season, piling more pressure on its bowlers to get the job done.

"I am sure the middle-order is probably not too pleased with how things are going so far, but I know the guys are hungry and desperate to put in the performance in our last game here in Chennai tomorrow. We have not had an ideal start, we obviously like to have a few more runs on the board. But one of the strengths of this side is fighting till the end and the bowlers have managed to do that. Hopefully, we put runs on the board," he concluded.