SRH vs KKR Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s shameful performance continues in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. On Thursday, SRH suffered their third consecutive defeat in the current tournament. This defeat was suffered by them at the hands of defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders. In this match held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, KKR batted first and scored 200/6. In response, the entire SRH team was all out for 120 runs in 16.5 overs and KKR won the match by 80 runs.
SRH vs KKR: In this match, Pat Cummins’ team made many mistakes, due to which it had to suffer defeat. In this article, we will tell you about those three big mistakes of SRH, due to which SRH had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of KKR.
3. SRH vs KKR: Bad fielding
SRH vs KKR: In all three formats of cricket, the team whose fielding is excellent is always considered to have the upper hand. In T20 leagues like IPL, the importance of fielding increases even more. In this match, SRH’s fielding department looked completely sluggish. Pat Cummins’s army dropped many catches as well as gave extra runs, due to which the pressure on the team also increased and the opposing team got the benefit of it. If the players had shown agility on the field against Hyderabad, then they would not have got to chase such a big target.
2. Bowlers gave away a lot of runs in the last overs
16th over – 12 runs.
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17th over – 15 runs.
18th over – 17 runs.
19th over – 21 runs.
20th over – 13 runs.
KKR SMASHED 78 RUNS IN THE LAST 5 OVERS – VENKY & RINKU ARE THE STARS…!!!! 👑 pic.twitter.com/tEIEKqu7La
SRH vs KKR: In this match, Hyderabad’s bowlers bowled very tight for 15 overs. At that time KKR’s score was 122/4 and it seemed as if KKR would be able to reach a maximum of 170. But Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh thrashed SRH bowlers in the last 5 overs and scored 78 runs. From here, the match slipped out of Hyderabad’s hands.
1. Top order flopped
Hyderabad had high expectations from its top order to chase the target of 201 runs, but it was completely shattered in front of KKR’s lethal bowling. After the dismissal of both the openers, the top order also dashed the hopes. Batsmen like Ishan Kishan (2), Heinrich Klaasen (33), Nitish Reddy (19) and Aniket Verma (6) completely failed to score runs at crucial moments. Due to which the team could not even play the full overs.