Sunrisers Hyderabad: The tenth match of IPL 2023 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee Ekana International Stadium in Lucknow. Lucknow won this match by 5 wickets in 16 overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad had to face defeat in the first two matches of this season.
In today’s match, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored only 121 runs in 20 overs, which Lucknow chased very easily and won the match. Let us tell you in this article that what were the three biggest reasons for this defeat of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Reason 1: Batting first after winning the toss
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s new captain Aiden Markram could not read the Lucknow pitch properly. Aden decided to bat first after winning the toss and this decision proved absolutely wrong for him. Today’s pitch was very slow from the beginning, which gradually got better in the second innings. Because of this, it was difficult to bat first on this pitch, while in the second innings, the Lucknow batsmen did not face much problem.
Reason 2: Poor performance by the batsmen
The Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen performed very poorly in this match. Three Hyderabad batsmen batted at a strike rate of less than 100, while two batsmen including the captain could not open their account. Harry Brook with 13.25 crores also proved to be a flop in the second consecutive match. Washington Sundar played such a slow innings while handling Hyderabad’s faltering innings that his strike rate remained below 60. Due to these reasons, the team of Sunrisers Hyderabad could score only 121 runs.
Reason 3: Bad fielding and extra runs
The fielders of Sunrisers Hyderabad did very poor fielding despite having very few runs. Apart from this, Hyderabad bowlers gave 17 runs in extra in this match, out of which 15 were only wide balls. No team can give 15 wides to defend only 121 runs because in giving 15 wides, the batting team gets to play 15 extra runs as well as 15 extra balls. This means that a match of 20 overs becomes 22.3 overs.
Due to these reasons, Sunrisers Hyderabad had to face a very bad defeat in this match against Lucknow. Due to this defeat, the Hyderabad team has now reached the lowest position i.e. tenth in the points table.