kolkata mumbai indians mi quinton de kock has rued the lack of support for hardik pandya whose incredible powerhitting kept kolkata knight riders kkr on tenterhooks until the final ball of the 18th over hereipl schedule ipl points table scorecardchasing 233 hardiks 91 from 34 balls kept mi in the hunt but his dismissal swung the game in favour of kkr at the eden gardenswe would have loved a couple of less wickets when kieron pollard and hardik walked in but unfortunately it didnt happen today so there was the collapse and no one batting with hardik made it harder for us the south african said at the postmatch news conference on sundayde kock got out without opening his account after topedging sunil narine in the second overwhen you have to score 233 you need to play one or two shots anyway you have to try against any bowler who comes on and take a chance to get things going so if i hit that ball for four or six you probably would have said great shot but unfortunately i got out he said about his slogsweepthe bowlers have too little in the batsmendominated format and de kock said its more to do with the battingfriendly subcontinent wicketsin india they have generally very small fields while wicket is battingfriendly australia have bigger grounds while theres a bit in the wicket for south africa here it is more battingfriendly anyway bowlers are always under pressurede kock further said he hated every minute of keeping to russell who slammed a 40ball 80 not outim not joking i hated every minute of it you cant fault him he took his time and then did what he does the best you just have to appreciate what is being done not just this game but in the ipl hope he doesnt do it again against us he saidmumbai indians will have a returnleg clash against kkr on may 5 which will be their last match in the league round needing a win to seal a playoff berth mumbai next face sunrisers hyderabad at home on may 2