SRH captain Kane Williamson admitted that they were outplayed by RCB in the IPL 2022 clash on Sunday.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) slumped to their fourth consecutive loss in the IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday. Opting to bat, RCB top-order Faf du Plessis (73 not out), Rajat Patidar (48), Glenn Maxwell (33) and Dinesh Karthik (30 not out), played brilliant knocks to guide their side to a challenging total of 192/3 in the stipulated 20 overs.
The Kane Williamson-led side looked out of sorts in the chase as Wanindu Hasaranga ran through their batting line-up to pick up a five-wicket haul and bundle them out for 125 runs. The only positives for SRH were the knocks from Rahul Tripathi (58) and Aiden Markram (21). However, Williamson, believes that his side needs to regroup after the brutal 67-run loss.
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SRH currently have 10 points from 11 matches in the IPL 2022. It will be important for them to clinch victories in their remaining fixtures to qualify for the IPL 2022 playoffs which looks like a crunch race. The Kiwi stalwart has insisted that his side needs to find better ways to adapt to pressure. “It’s been quite a challenge for us, we need to come up with ways to reverse that pressure and turnaround. These have been par totals, the batting has been quality, but as a unit there are areas to touch on. I think earlier in the competition when there was assistance with the new ball we were certainly very threatening, so we need to go back to the drawing board as we have a little gap between the next game.
“We will have to get a bit more creative and come up with ways to change the momentum. Today we were outplayed, RCB are a really strong side, in fact all teams are strong. For us it’s about looking to stay calm. We do need to improve, but don’t need to overthink. The margins are always fine, but we need to show signs of improvement. We didn’t get off to a great start, they had a very good total on that surface
“It was holding a bit, and it was turning a bit, the wicket. We needed to build some partnerships and take the game deep in order to maximise the opportunities on this Wankhede ground, but we were unable to do that. A lot of learning, we were outplayed like I said, but we do have a gap. So it’s important for us to reassess and we need to be clear how we target our next matches and take it positively. I’m not sure exactly, but I think they (Jansen, Natarajan) are recovering pretty well. Certainly hoping to see them again soon.”
