“I want him to play Andre Russell-like innings”: Pragyan Ojha backs 21-year-old struggling Indian batter ahead of Hyderabad vs Delhi match
Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad have been eliminated from the playoff race. The performance of SRH has surprised everyone, considering they were the runners-up in the previous season and retained their core group for the Indian Premier League 2025. In fact, they added more firepower after buying Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Shami in the mega auction, but the results haven’t gone their way, and with just three wins out of 10 matches, Hyderabad are eighth in the standings.
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Pat Cummins were retained with a belief of going one step ahead from last year, but all of them have disappointed so far. Nitish has been the worst of the lot.
His batting has lost the winning touch, and captain Cummins hasn’t used him as a bowler. After setting the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on fire, he was expected to give match-winning performances in the 18th season of the cash-rich league, but he couldn’t withstand the challenge of the tournament. In 10 matches, he has scored 173 runs at an average of 24.71 and a strike rate of 120.13 without a fifty.
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The performance of SRH has surprised everyone, considering they were the runners-up in the previous season and retained their core group for the Indian Premier League 2025. | Source: Crictoday
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