Sunrisers Hyderabad, led by Aiden Markam, lost the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Delhi Capitals at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Monday with a score of 7 runs.
Once again, SRH showed a lack of motivation as the hosts failed to pursue a target of 145. Even though SRH appeared active throughout the powerplay, the lack of boundaries quickly caused them to lose steam. Although Mayank Aggarwal appeared to be in good form, he was unable to record his maiden IPL 2023 half-century because he mistimed a shot against Axar Patel.
The lack of intent was once again on display as Washington Sundar was walking to complete a run when SRH needed 9 runs in the last two balls. “Not good with the bat. Not enough intent, not excited to win a game of cricket, unfortunately. We have to go back and see how we can be free and be better. It is difficult, you can say all the right things but guys have to buy into it. We want to play a certain brand of cricket and if we get it wrong doing that then we’ll sleep a lot better at night. Tonight we lacked intent, unfortunately, we are letting us down because of a lack of intent.” SRH skipper Aiden Markram said after the match.
Chasing 145, SRH got off to a steady start as Mayank Agarwal unfurled several cuts and well-timed drives to take SRH to 31/0 from five overs. Harry Brook, at the other end, found the going tough and the desperation got to him as he looked to scoop one of Anrich Nortje’s but missed and was cleaned up for 7 off 14 balls.
DC tightened things from then on, bowled with discipline and didn’t give the SRH batters an inch. They didn’t concede a boundary for several overs as the home side reached 58/1 at the halfway mark. Agarwal finally ended the boundary drought as he slapped one through covers off Mitchell Marsh for the first boundary in 27 balls. Marsh could have had the wicket of Agarwal in the same over but Mukesh Kumar dropped a touch low catch.
Washington Sundar and Heinrich Klassen relieved some pressure by hitting fours and sixes, respectively, as they took 13 off an over with 51 needed in 24 balls. Mukesh Kumar was hit by a few fours from Klassen.
After being dropped by Mitchell Marsh off the preceding ball, Nortje then played a pivotal role in the game by having Klaasen caught at deep cover. In the same over, Washington Sundar hit one for a four and then took a single off the final ball to hold the strike. When Warner gave Mukesh Kumar the ball again with 13 needed off the final over, the impact player made his mark and helped DC win by 7 runs.