‘We have been pretty poor’: SRH coach minces no words on team’s ordinary start in IPL 2025 | Cricket News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad are languishing at backside of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 factors desk after only one win from their 5 fixtures up to now. The finalists of final season have didn’t click on as a unit in the continuing version and the groups have come higher ready for his or her fearless strategy with the bat. Head coach Daniel Vettori minced no words on the aspect’s fourth consecutive loss and feels they have been “pretty poor in the field”.
“We just haven’t been near our best in any of the last four games. And I think that’s all three disciplines. I think the barometer of most teams is how their fielding is going and we’ve been pretty poor in the field. So those will be the work-ons between now and the Punjab game. And we know that if we can get on a roll, then we’re still a very good team. We’re just not performing the way that we should be,” stated Vettori on the publish-match presser.

SRH’s success final season was as a result of of the strategy they’d with the bat. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma had been belligerent, and constant, however the oppositions have had higher plans in opposition to the 2 southpaws this 12 months. Ishan Kishan made a terrific start with 100 in their event opener however his bat too has been quiet since then.
“I think the big thing for us is around assessing conditions. And the conditions were really tough tonight. I mean, this wasn’t a typical Hyderabad wicket. It was pretty slow. And we knew before we started that that 160-170 score was what we were after. And I thought that the way that, I mean, particularly Ishan, I thought he navigated the powerplay pretty well, was able to score and play some good shots.
“So I believe we all know the model that is going to work, however we have to respect situations and we have to evaluate rather well. And that is most likely one thing we have not finished as properly. And additionally have to respect how properly different groups are bowling, placing so much of planning into our high three. And they’ve been in a position to execute at occasions,” defined Vettori.