Sunrisers would have been some better contenders than Hyderabad (SRH), if a place in the IPL 2025 playoffs was decided how well the team starts and ends the campaign. While SRH slammed 286 in his league opener against Rajasthan Royals (RR), he broke 231 and 278 respectively in his final two matches against RCB and KKR. SRH finished his campaign with a win of 110 runs and currently ranks sixth on the points table.Unfortunately for SRH fans, continuity in the IPL 2025 playoff races is taken into consideration, an area where the pattcons led by Pat Cummins failed badly. While SRH players such as Cummins, Travis Head and Heinrich Klassen expressed great confidence in the side of the side to post a historic 300-run side, teams quickly discovered the solution of their ultra-committed approach. After the victory of Hyderabad -based franchise in its IPL 2025 opener, the four -match streak against LSG, DC, KKR and GT lost the streak. A win against PBKS failed to change luck that mainly returned to bring SRH back.
While opposition bowling attacks managed to find a solution to keep SRH batsmen calm, Hyderabad -based team also did not enjoy batting wickets like IPL 2024. Even there were no conditions in his home ground, as it was difficult for the batsmen. SRH head coach Daniel Vettori admitted, “This is difficult and not easy for batsmen.”Another major reason behind the finalists of IPL 2024 failed to feel his presence, it was the performance of Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. The pair set fire in IPL 2024, scored 1,051 runs in 16 innings, scoring 1,051 runs at a strike rate of 197.2 with 74 sixes. However, his overall Tally reduced 813 runs in 13 IPL 2025 matches with a dangerous decline for 43 sixes at a strike rate of 177.9. His dot ball percent in the current season is 37.2, which is definitely more than 32.3%from IPL 2024 tally. Abhishek emerged as a better artist among the pair, scoring 439 runs compared to the head’s 374.Quiz: Who is that IPL player?While Klassen finished as the team’s top run-goldter with 487 runs, even South African fought a streak of incompatibility with his unbeaten 105 in the final match against KKR. Similarly, Ishaan Kishan started with a tonne in the first match, but finished with just 354 runs. Kishan came into the limelight especially due to a brain -filled moment against MI, where he went despite not being out.The franchise badly recalled the appearance of all-rounder like Shahbaz Ahmed, who could provide stability under the order, specifically given a poor campaign for Nitish Reddy, who scored 182 runs in 13 matches.
Cummins and Harshal Patel ended as the top wickets of SRH with every 16 wickets, with a late return in the past, 10 wickets were selected in several matches. However, SRH was badly missed by the variety of left -handed pacer T Natarajan, who took 19 wickets in IPL 2024, especially considering a poor performance by Mohammed Shami who recorded six dismissal.A overall lack of balance in squad buildup raised eyebrows, with the absence of an experienced spinner who was able to draw attention to the opposition illustration. Cummins said, “With the caliber of the players we have, we cannot play worse than what we used to do earlier,” covering a season, where SRH had promised a lot, but gave precious Little.
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