Hyderabad, April 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad will certainly look to introspect on their no-holds-barred attacking philosophy in a bid to stem the rot caused by a hat-trick of defeats as they face a buoyant Gujarat Titans in their fifth IPL encounter here on Sunday.
Having started the tournament with a bang, scoring 286 in the opening game, SRH’s template of attack at all costs has boomeranged in the next three games with team totals of 190, 163, and 120 to show for their efforts.
They are currently placed 10th in the league table and it seems like the team under multiple world champion skipper Pat Cummins is imploding.
Last year’s runners-up are unable to find the right balance between aggression and ultra-aggression with most of their batting stars coming dud in the past three encounters.
To their relief, SRH would be back in Hyderabad at the Uppal Stadium, which is known for run-feasts.
Even in the match against Lucknow Super Giants, which SRH lost, the hosts had scored 190 – a total that was more a reflection of their batters’ profligacy than the opposition’s bowling.But Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen have to do much better in order to keep SRH interested towards the business end as a couple of more losses could push them towards a point of no return.The bowling also seems to be a concern as none of the bowlers save young leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari (4 wickets at ER 9.75) has looked menacing. (PTI)
