Coming into the 2025 Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated teams in terms of their batting prowess, particularly following the performances of their openers, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, the previous season. But aside from a few games here and there, SRH hasn’t been at their best with the bat this year. They are just three victories away from elimination from the playoffs after nine games played.
Matthew Hayden, a former Australian cricket player, believed that SRH’s brief getaway to the Maldives after their match against the Chennai Super Kings will help them refocus.
Additionally, he noted that there might be a chance that they didn’t believe their extremely aggressive strategy was practical.
“Visiting the Maldives has a therapeutic effect. As they were the team we thought, “Gosh, these guys are going to be extraordinary with the bat,” they have had a little respite, which may let them reset, concentrate, and recalibrate. They haven’t, have they? haven’t been exactly right. I have the impression that they begin to question their approach. They began to believe that 280 was unsustainable. Hayden said via JioHotstar, “And perhaps that little recalibration drifting aimlessly in the Indian Ocean put them back on centre again.”
Not as regularly as I did the previous year: Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian captain, participated in the same conversation. He acknowledged that Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma did not click as well as they had in 2024, but he believed that if they hit well with the bat in the remaining games, the two may significantly improve their team’s performance.
Because everyone was interested in watching Travis Head and Abhishek thrash the bowling around, they were the most alluring team the previous season. They’ve done it a few times, but not as frequently as they did the year before, which is why they’re having trouble finishing in the knockout stages. But who knows? They win every game they play in the next three, get off to the sort of start they have thanks to Head and Abhishek, and they might score 200 runs or more. When a team gets 200 runs or more, it’s hard to catch them,” Gavaskar said.
Ahead of their game against Gujarat Titans, the defending champions are positioned ninth in the table. They would be required to win all of their remaining matches from this point to have a shot at securing a berth in the playoffs of IPL 2025.
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