Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) put an finish to their dismal run within the Indian Premier League 2023 after struggling a defeat by the hands of Mumbai Indians (MI) in match quantity 69. With nothing to play for of their final league match, SRH followers hoped for a extra decided efficiency from their staff. Despite posting a good rating of 200/5 within the first innings, the facet led by Aiden Markram lacked effectiveness of their bowling, permitting MI to chase down the goal with 8 wickets in hand in simply 18 overs.
Having misplaced the toss, SRH was requested to bat first. The staff decided to incorporate Umran Malik within the enjoying XI, regardless of his poor type within the earlier seven matches of the season. Unfortunately, the younger speedster continued to wrestle, conceding 41 runs within the three overs he bowled.
Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag criticized Malik for his inconsistent line and size, emphasizing that with the steering of bowling coach Dale Steyn, such errors ought to have been rectified by now.
“If it were a South African pacer, I could’ve understood that he wouldn’t want to bowl too full. But Umran Malik… the problem is that he keeps shuffling his length. He doesn’t have the experience yet. He might have worked a lot with Dale Steyn, but he hasn’t really got the idea of his length. Despite working with Steyn for so long and learning under him, he’s doing the same mistakes that he did last year,” Sehwag mentioned to Cricbuzz
Sehwag additional expressed his disappointment with SRH’s bowling efficiency, emphasizing that taking wickets was the staff’s solely choice to defend a complete of 200 in opposition to Mumbai. However, the SRH bowlers didn’t comprise the runs and had been unable to make essential breakthroughs. The pacer from Jammu had a disappointing IPL 2023 marketing campaign, managing to take solely 5 wickets within the eight matches he performed.
