Ahmedabad. After making the biggest score in the history of the tournament in the new season of the Indian Premier League, now all eyes will be on Sunrisers Hyderabad. On Sunday, this team will play against Gujarat Titans. If the team captained by Shubman Gill wants to try to stop the excellent rhythm of Sunrisers Hyderabad, then it will have to improve its bowling attack.
Sunrisers Hyderabad set the all-time record score of IPL by scoring 277 runs against Mumbai Indians in the last match and achieved the first win of the season. Umesh Yadav, playing in place of injured Mohammed Shami, is nowhere equal to him, which is proving to be a big problem for Gujarat Titans. The defeat by 63 runs affected their net run rate which has reached -1.425 and is the worst among the 10 teams of the league.
While chasing the target of 207 runs given by Chennai Super Kings, no batsman except Sai Sudarshan could reach 30 runs. Sudarshan and Vijay Shankar are batting slowly while Gill’s T20 batting is again being criticized, having played innings of 31 and eight runs. At the same time, their finisher David Miller (12 and 21 runs) is also struggling and his batting was very slow in the middle overs.
Now the team will hope that Miller returns to his form as he will have to give his best performance with the bat to match the batting of Sunrisers Hyderabad. The hidden roost of the tournament was won by Sunrisers Hyderabad by scoring 277 runs for three wickets against Mumbai Indians at home in the last match, which was achieved by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013. Broke the previous IPL record of 263 runs for five wickets.
Australia’s World Cup winner Travis Head (62 runs, 24 balls) made a brilliant debut and gave an explosive start to Sunrisers Hyderabad by scoring the fastest half-century in 18 balls. But then ‘uncapped’ Indian Abhishek Sharma improved this record and scored a half-century in just 16 balls. South Africa’s Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen are in excellent form down the order.
It is not that Sunrisers Hyderabad is good only in batting, but their bowling also looks balanced and Australian World Cup winning captain Pat Cummins presented an example of his ability by making good use of his bowlers. Despite less spinners, Cummins used Shahbaz Ahmed very well. Whereas in fast bowling, Cummins has formed a good understanding with India’s experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 30, 2024, 17:24 IST