Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner slammed the team's batsmen for a poor showing after their 13-run loss to Mumbai Indians (MI) in an IPL 2021 match on Saturday.
Follow Us
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner slammed the team’s batsmen for a poor showing after their 13-run loss to Mumbai Indians (MI) in an IPL 2021 match on Saturday. Warner and Jonny Bairstow had provided the side a platform with a quick 67-run opening-wicket partnership. But the batsmen that followed disappointed. Manish Pandey, newcomers Virat Singh and Abhishek Sharma all disappointed and therefore, SRH lost their way.
“I don’t know how to take that. Obviously disappointing. Two of us were set but it proves that if you don’t bat deep, you can’t win. If you get a partnership and if there is one person at the end, you can chase it down,” said a disappointed Warner after the match.
“These scores are very chaseable, it’s just poor batting. The guys need to play smart cricket in the middle. The bowlers have been fantastic,” he added.
Perhaps the only batsman who showed some fight besides Warner and Bairstow was Vijay Shankar. The all-rounder impressed with the ball in the first innings and was a lone warrior in their middle-order as well.
Upstox Most Valuable Asset of the Match between @mipaltan and @SunRisers is Vijay Shankar.@upstox #StartKarkeDekho #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/7obS8Nj1SF
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 17, 2021
It remains to be seen what changes SRH make to their side in order to strengthen their biggest weakness. Warner himself said that both Bairstow and he will have to take the responsibility of batting deep from the next match onwards.
“You have to learn from mistakes and right now it is just the batsmen. Now it’s our responsibility at the top to bat deep.”
SRH have now lost their opening three league matches of the IPL 2021. This marks the first ever instance of the Hyderabad-based franchise recording such an embarrasing record, in the history of the cash-rich league.
SRH had earlier messed up the chase against Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening encounter and then lost their next match to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Rishabh Pant's explosive last-over blitz ignites IPL 2024 amid T20 World Cup comeback talks
