Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Brian Lara is finding it difficult to explain why they have lost six of their seven home games
Published Date – Sat 05/20/23 07:10 AM
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Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Brian Lara admits his side have encountered “Virat Kohli at his best”, but finds it difficult to explain why they have lost six of their seven home games, leaving their IPL play-off The opportunity is gone.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, already out, scored a decent 186 in Heinrich Klaasen’s brilliant percentile. But Klaasen’s effort was dwarfed by the former India captain’s 63-ball 100 and his 172 opening stands with captain Faf du Plessis (71) as RCB won four balls by eight wickets.
“Our players played great cricket but we met Virat Kohli and Faf, who has done a fantastic job for RCB all season. He (Faf) is the current Orange Cap holder, right? So We met two world-class players and overall, I think the boys put in a lot of effort,” Lara said after his side lost for the ninth time in 13 games as they Bottom of the 10 teams.
The legendary southpaw couldn’t explain why SRH lost their six home games, which was their downfall. “It’s hard to sit here and explain why in a broad sense, it’s just that we’re going to get better, but this kind of record — winning one in seven (home games) is something you don’t expect, but it’s happened,” Lara said. explain.
“It was a good learning experience. The audience was big, but maybe we can start preparing now and repay them for supporting us this year,” he added. Lara feels that the Uppal Stadium track actually negates the home field advantage, as it’s perfect for hitting the ball and doesn’t give his team any significant home field advantage. Having said that, he praised the curators for preparing a good track.
“There’s a little bit of home advantage, you have to use your game at home. It’s your facility, but in Hyderabad, I think it’s fair terms. At the end of the day, the team that plays better on the day wins the game … I must say I congratulate the ground crew for creating good tracks, it’s just that every single time, we just can’t,” Laura said in his team’s defense.
“I think it’s a good pitch. It spins, it’s a bit slow, and as the game goes on, there’s buy-in. Tonight (Thursday) I think my boys are playing cricket well and the game is deep. , but they were a little bit better that day, I’m not overly disappointed and at the start of the season it would have been great if we could have brought it to the wire,” said the top individual test scorer.
