Former CSK Participant Calls Out SRH’s Overaggressive Batting Method; Questions Their Success Charge After Again-to-Again IPL 2025 Defeats
DC beat SRH final night time by seven wickets.
Former Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) participant Cheteshwar Pujara has criticised the blind-slogging technique of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) after two crushing defeats within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Of their three matches this season, SRH has gained just one, by which they put up 286 on the scoreboard.
Pujara believes, “It is advisable to win extra variety of video games. It is advisable to present that consistency many times.”
Final night time in opposition to Delhi Capitals (DC), the Pat Cummins-led group was all-out for 163 runs in 18.4 overs. Solely three batters managed to attain in double-digits. Teen Aniket Verma’s 41-ball 74 and Heinrich Klaasen’s 19-ball 32 helped SRH cross the 150-run mark. However their efforts had been subpar as Axar Patel-led DC gained comfortably by seven wickets.
Earlier, SRH had misplaced the match in opposition to Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG). The Males in Orange did not defend the 190-run goal and misplaced by 5 wickets.
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The Hyderabad franchise’s unusual choices left Pujara shocked. Throughout the ESPN Cricinfo’s Time Out present, the batter said that he was “shocked” by their choice to bat first in opposition to LSG after profitable the toss in Uppal. In a day recreation, the bottom situations might assist the bowlers extra, defined the right-hander. He additionally said that the strategy in opposition to DC was “not sensible sufficient.”
“Firstly I used to be actually shocked they selected to bat first. If you’re enjoying a day recreation, you realize that the pitch will likely be barely on the gradual aspect, that’s while you usually want to bowl and that’s a great time to bowl, not a great time to bat. I believed they need to have bowled first. However speaking about their batting, I feel they go too arduous they usually weren’t sensible sufficient immediately”, stated Pujara on the Time Out present.
Furthermore, the 37-year-old questioned their hard-hitting intent. In the event that they preserve slogging in each match of the league however handle to win only a few, then there is no such thing as a level doing so, felt Pujara. He additionally suggested the group to have a backup plan for the knock-outs.
“What’s your success then? In case you are simply profitable two out of 10, then it doesn’t make sense. Final season we noticed that they performed brilliantly all through the league section however what if one recreation goes unsuitable for you within the knockouts, then you definitely’re not in a position you aren’t capable of have a plan”, he stated.
SRH will lock horns with the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders on the Eden Gardens on April 3.
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