Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Aiden Markram minced no phrases as he analysed the workforce’s efficiency in opposition to Delhi Capitals within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Chasing a mediocre goal of 145 runs, the Hyderabad franchise may solely muster up 137 for six wickets, therefore shedding the match by 7 runs. After the tip of the sport, Markram admitted being dissatisfied by his batting unit that failed to point out any intent within the match in opposition to the Capitals. He additionally mentioned that the SRH bowling unit does not should be on the shedding aspect.

“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. I would love to do that to be honest, something I quite enjoy doing, guys need to work hard [on motivating the team].

Speaking of his bowling unit, Markram only had good things to say. He said: “Incredibly happy with them, stored it fairly easy and used the situations rather well. Our bowling doesn’t should be on the shedding aspect however a small little bit of positivity I suppose”.

The defeat sees the Sunrisers placed 9th in the points table, with just two wins from seven matches. Despite a win in the contest, the Delhi Capitals remained bottom of the league standings.

With the league stage of the season reaching its halfway mark, both SRH and DC need to put a string of positive results if they are to remain in the playoffs race.