October 4
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) also lost yesterday’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders. It has now 4 points only after playing 12 matches. Out of 12 matches, it has won in only 2 matches.
KKR get up to 12 points. In the end, Dinesh Karthik’s role as a finisher worked like a charm, and Eoin Morgan’s men are now favourites to take that fourth spot in the Playoffs.
KKR restricted SRH to 115/8 and chased down the target in 19.4 overs to seal their sixth win of the season.
Only 2 wins from 12 games- this is the worst IPL performance for the Hyderabad franchise despite having players like New Zealand’s Williamson and Australian opener David Warner. Though, David Warner was not in the playing XI in the last couple of games.
The Sunrisers won their maiden IPL title in the 2016 season, defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in the final.
The team has qualified for the play-off stage of the tournament in every season since 2016. In 2018, the team reached the finals of the Indian Premier League, but lost to Chennai Super Kings.
But this time, it is in last position among the teams of IPL.
After loss to KKR, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Kane Williamson said that the side needs to go back to the “drawing board and re-assess things”.
“We haven’t been able to identify the right score all season. We need to go back to the drawing board and re-assess things. We could have built more partnerships. Unfortunately, we were 10-15 short of what would have been a competitive score,” Williamson told Star Sports on Sunday.
