Ambati Rayudu highlighted Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) bowling woes after they encountered their fourth consecutive defeat within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 towards the Gujarat Titans (GT) on Sunday, April 6, on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium.
After amassing some humongous totals throughout their run to the finals final season, followers anticipated the 2016 champions to put up the primary 300-plus complete within the IPL this 12 months. Nonetheless, aside from the primary recreation towards the Rajasthan Royals, the place they slammed 286/6, SRH haven’t been in a position to contact the 200-run mark.
Nonetheless, Rayudu believes that it is not the batting, however the bowling division that’s truly letting SRH down in IPL 2025. The previous India cricketer stated that Hyderabad don’t have bowlers who can choose wickets via the center overs like Gujarat’s troika of R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, and Prasidh Krishna. The Andhra Pradesh-born opined that the SRH bowlers are solely making an attempt to stop the opposition batters from hitting boundaries.
“I feel greater than their bowling, it is their batting that’s struggling. Within the center overs, they do not have anyone who can choose up these essential wickets and put the opposition underneath stress – like how GT have executed with Sai Kishore, Rashid [Khan] and Prasidh Krishna. They actually tightened the screws,” Rayudu stated by way of ESPNcricinfo.
“I do not see SRH making an attempt to take wickets. They’re nearly being defensive and making an attempt to cease batsmen from scoring boundaries. You do not win the IPL with mediocre middle-overs bowling. You want some actually good middle-overs bowlers to select up these wickets,” he added.
Simply spend a little bit time on the fundamentals: Rayudu
Final season, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head performed a key function as openers for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Nonetheless, in IPL 2025, whereas Head has appeared in respectable contact, the identical can’t be stated about Abhishek, who has solely managed 51 runs from 5 innings. Rayudu instructed that the Punjab all-rounder ought to look to hit boundaries alongside the bottom and take singles to start out his innings, and the massive pictures would come as soon as he’s set on the crease. The cricketer-turned-expert stated that some tweaks in method and mindset will maintain SRH in good stead.
“I feel he simply wants a shift in his mindset. Simply hit these few boundaries alongside the bottom, beside mid-off, [or] mid-on; run these singles; get your 10–15 runs; [and] get your blood circulate going. Then the massive pictures will at all times come as a result of you may have skilled for it. You’re there to hit them, and they’re going to come. Simply spend a little bit time on the fundamentals,” the cricketer-turned-commentator stated additional.
“I feel SRH should come to fundamentals now. All their high three truly like [good] size rather a lot. In order that they want to clear the infield and hit these sixes off size, which they’ve been practising of late. Their backlifts have modified. Abhishek Sharma’s backlift has modified; Ishan Kishan does that. They’re lifting the bat a lot larger in order that their palms are larger, and so they can go for these huge pictures,” the Guntoor-born added.
They should ebb a little bit bit after which circulate: Rayudu
“So now what groups are doing is that they’re bowling actually full to them. Nonetheless, these guys try to hit over the infield. I feel they must be barely sensible and simply hit the gaps, as a result of these are literally half volleys that individuals are bowling to them. I feel a little bit shift of their mindset [is required], saying, ‘Okay, whether it is full, usually as a batsman we’re all taught to attend for a full ball.’ In order that’s all they should do: anticipate a full ball, hit the gaps, after which allow them to come and bowl these lengths or brief balls, after which you may get after the bowling. They simply have to ebb a little bit bit after which circulate,” Rayudu concluded.
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