Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) misplaced their ninth recreation of IPL 2023 on Thursday (May 18). RCB defeated them comfortably by 8 wickets courtest a superb ton from Virat Kohli within the 187-run chase. But greater than the loss, SRH skipper Aiden Markram‘s statement for younger speedster Umran Malik has raised quite a lot of eyebrows. Malik hasn’t performed for SRH since April 29 and final performed towards Delhi Capitals within the return fixture. He has missed 4 matches since then and there’s no replace from the franchise or crew administration concerning the participant.
Markram distanced himself from the query concerning Umran Malik’s omission on the toss earlier than the SRH vs RCB recreation on Thursday. He talked about that Umran is an X-factor bowler however conceded that he’s unaware of what’s occurring with the teenager behind the scenes.
“Certainly, he’s a player with the X-factor, bowls at 150 kph, but I don’t really (know) what’s about behind the scenes but he has a lot of X-Factor,” Markram mentioned whereas talking on the toss. This statement from SRH skipper has raised quite a lot of eyebrows with many questioning how can a captain be clueless a couple of participant not that includes within the enjoying XI.
Former India cricketer Zaheer Khan felt that SRH haven’t dealt with the younger bowler effectively this season. “I felt Umran Malik has not been handled well by the franchise, (in) the way he should have been handled, (in) the way his services should have been utilised by SRH. That’s something which was evident. When you are talking about a young seamer, you are also looking at creating that environment and support. And, that guidance is required. Unfortunately that was not seen by SRH. That’s why he’s had a season like this,” Zaheer mentioned.
Notably, Umran Malik had received the ‘Emerging Player of the Season’ in IPL 2022 and he was additionally one of many retained gamers for SRH for INR 4 crore. He has picked 4 wickets in seven matches this season and hadn’t picked a single wicket within the final three matches he performed.
