Rohit Sharma: 'Young batters coming through the biggest positive for us this season'

Mumbai Indians' IPL campaign in 2023 came to an end with a 62-run defeat against Gujarat Titans in the second Qualifier in Ahmedabad. Their captain Rohit Sharma said that their batting and especially the performance of some of the younger players was the biggest positive for them from this season.Mumbai adopted an ultra-aggressive approach to compensate for the loss of several of their first-choice bowlers to injury, including Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer. It saw them post totals of more than 200 six times this season, the most by any team in one edition of the IPL."I mean playing this game, qualifying as third in the tournament, you know, it gives us a lot of confidence," Rohit told the host broadcaster after the game.Mumbai had a slow start to the season, before coming out on top of a mid-table jam to make it to the playoffs. They then beat Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator to reach the second Qualifier.Players like Tilak Varma, who smashed 43 off 14 deliveries in their defeat on Friday, and Nehal Wadhera played a role in their run to the third-place finish."Our batting actually was the biggest positive," Rohit said. "Some of the younger players who have come through this tournament really well is a big positive for us, something that we can take into the next season and see what we can do with the squad."On Friday, a glorious century from Shubman Gill powered Titans to 233. While Tilak, Suryakumar Yadav (61 off 38) and Cameron Green (30 off 20) played handy knocks, Mumbai were bowled out for 171."Yeah, look, it was a great total. Shubman batted really well. The wicket was really good. We thought, you know they got 20-25 runs extra. But you know with the batting line-up we had, we were quite positive once we went inside after the first half," Rohit said. "Couldn't stitch long partnerships. Greeny and Surya batted well in the middle, but we just lost our way there a little bit."Rohit felt that because they lost three wickets, Mumbai didn't make the most of the powerplay, even as they raced to 72 after th