Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris has reckoned that Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) bowlers will have to get back to defending low totals and bowling out the opposition if they want to register their first IPL 2020 win.
SRH are yet to win a match in IPL 2020 (BCCI Image)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Scott Styris said that Sunrisers Hyderabad will find it tough to compete against Delhi Capitals
- SRH bowlers will have to get back to defending low totals: Styris
- SRH have lost their first 2 matches of the IPL 2020 season
Ahead of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) clash against Delhi Capitals (DC) in Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris has said that the match for the 2016 champions will be a tough one.
Notably, SRH have lost their starting two matches of the IPL 2020 season and a loss against DC will be their third in a row. SRH, generally known for it’s all-round performance in bating, bowling and fielding, have failed to find rhythm in the first two departments.
Manish Pandey has been the only sharp-looking batsman for SRH so far, while the bowlers have also failed to impress match.
Scott Styris said that SRH’s middle-order was not strong and so they will have to get back to their strength of limiting the opposition to a smal total or defending the target set by their tea. Styris added that Hyderabad’s opening partnership of captain David Warner and Kane Williamson has been “terrific” and will fire sooner or later but the bolwers will have to step. The 45-year-old reckoned that SRH will have to get into the field after figuring out their best bowling combination.
“It’s a tough one for David Warner, but you got to think over in the last 3 or 4 seasons what has been their ammo? What has been their method of success? For me, it’s been their opening partnership which is terrific.
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Nothing changes with Warner and Bairstow. But the bowling has been the key, they have defended small totals they have kept the opposition to small totals, so that their top order particularly their openers can break the back of the chase. I think they need to find a way to get their best bowlers into the team, because they need to go back to that method. If they don’t, that middle order is not strong enough to win the games consistently and in the play-offs, should they make it,” Scott Styris said while talking on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’.