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 just 121 runs in 20 overs, which Lucknow chased down very easily and won the match. Let us tell you in this article what were the top three reasons for this loss of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
New Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Aiden Markram failed to read Lucknow’s pitch correctly. Aden decided to bat first after winning the toss and this decision turned out to be absolutely wrong for him. Today’s pitch was very slow from the beginning, which gradually improved in the second inning. Because of this, it was difficult to bat first on this pitch, while in the second innings, the Lucknow batsmen did not face much trouble.
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, failed to open their account. Harry Brook with Rs 13.25 crore also turned out to be a bust in the second match in a row. Washington Sundar played such slow innings while managing Hyderabad’s faltering innings that the strike rate of him stayed below 60. Due to these reasons, the Sunrisers Hyderabad team were able to score only 121 runs.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad fielders did very poor fielding despite having very few runs. Apart from this, the Hyderabad bowlers gave up 17 runs in extras in this match, 15 of which were just wide balls. No team can give 15 wides to defend only 121 runs because by giving 15 wides, the batting team can play 15 extra runs and 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 loss in this match against Lucknow. Due to this defeat, the Hyderabad team has now reached the lowest position i.e. 10th in the points table.