Struggling SRH seems to be to revive fortunes in opposition to a sprightly GT

Travis Head must rediscover his high kind as Sunrisers Hyderabad seems to be to return to successful methods.
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Backside-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s faltering attack-at-will method will face one other large take a look at when it hosts the sprightly Gujarat Titans on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium right here on Sunday.

Its ultra-aggressive entertaining fashion, on the danger of surviving solely as folklore, has been discovered with groups exposing large chinks in its formidable armour. For all of the discuss of SRH breaching 300, it has did not cross 200 (190 vs Lucknow Tremendous Giants, 163 vs Delhi Capitals) and, most not too long ago, even 150 (120 vs Kolkata Knight Riders).

Misplaced within the limitless discuss of its batters coming undone is a bowling unit that has allowed itself to be walked on. Sunrisers’ illustrious bowling arsenal has sadly been bleeding runs. Whereas glimpses of brilliance from Zeeshan Ansari and Kamindu Mendis are encouraging, they want help from a tempo lineup that’s being smacked for over 100 runs in each recreation.

Satirically, for the Titans, residence favorite Mohammed Siraj might be one to be careful for, as he comes into this contest on the again of considered one of his best IPL spells — 3 for 19 in opposition to former aspect Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Whereas Rashid Khan’s economic system price poses considerations, Prasidh Krishna’s miserly methods and consistency from the likes of Ishant Sharma and Sai Kishore ought to enhance GT’s hopes of embarrassing SRH additional. With Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler in high-quality kind, the batting order has settled right into a rhythm too.

GT enjoys the higher hand on this rivalry, however SRH will hope to return to successful methods with a raucous residence crowd behind it.