"I tell the bowlers to go for wickets. I don't mind a bowler giving 10 or 14 runs (in an over). If he picks up two wickets he is as good as giving away (only) six runs (an over)," Sekar said at the Wankhede Stadium ahead of the Daredevils game against Mumbai Indians tomorrow.
"Because there will be two new batsmen at the crease and I can use other bowlers, run up a few overs against the new batsmen and save my strike bowlers for the later half (of the innings).
"If you get two wickets in the first six overs, it's a very good achievement and even till eleven overs if you can get wickets then it's very good. It's not just a question of runs per over," added the 55-year-old former Tamil Nadu player who had been associated with Mumbai Indians for a couple of years as the team director.
He also defended the performance of Irfan Pathan who was expensive in the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore and said the Baroda all-rounder bowled very well in the Daredevils' previous game at home.
"Irfan went for a lot of runs against RCB but any bowler can go for runs in a T20 game. He bowled very well against Chennai and got the crucial wicket of Ravindra Jadeja. I think he is on the right track, moving the ball well and capable of getting wickets with the new ball.