3 min learnApr 12, 2026 01:13 PM IST
Coming into the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowling was underneath scrutiny, however because the match began and is in progress, the assault has proven an increasing number of flaws. Within the sport in opposition to the Punjab Kings on Saturday, defending 220 runs, the aspect seemed clueless. Though spinners Shivang Kumar and Harsh Dubey did a good job, the remainder of the bowling seemed toothless. Talking about SRH’s weak bowling assault, former Indian selector Kris Srikkanth stated SRH want to attain 500 runs to win.
“They haven’t any scope with their bowling. The opposition will chase down even 300 in opposition to their bowling. Their two younger spinners, Harsh Dubey and Shivang Kumar, are good. However their bowling begins and ends there. Eshan Malinga will get smashed straight to Colombo along with his bowling, but, SRH is taking part in him,” Srikkanth stated on his YouTube channel.
“It’s time over for Jaydev Unadkat and Harshal Patel. SRH can win provided that they rating 500 with this bowling assault. You possibly can’t do something with this bowling. It’s not even as much as the extent of the primary division,” he added.
Shreyas Iyer was awarded Participant Of the Match for his 33-ball 69. Srikkanth lauded Iyer and stated: “PBKS have a unbelievable captain, and one which exhibits lots of accountability. He simply got here in and simply gained the sport for them along with his batting. Everyone seems to be taking part in at a 200+ strike price. It’s not possible to beat them if all of them play at this strike price,” stated Srikkanth
“I believe within the center, we might have ended up with a complete of 250 not less than the way in which we received began. However, the issues occur. We didn’t find yourself getting these runs. However on the identical time, they did truly bat properly at first and so they additionally had the powerplay on their aspect. However on the identical time, I really feel we weren’t so good with the execution. Like I stated earlier, in T20 cricket, crucial factor is execution of your good balls. So we weren’t that nice right this moment. (what was par on that?) Par, to be very trustworthy, I assumed 219 was a great complete anyway as a result of we began in an excellent method, we thought we might find yourself getting 240,” stated SRH stand-in skipper Ishan Kishan.