IPL 2021: “We had our chances to win the game” – David Warner says SRH could have executed their plans better
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) were defeated in their first game of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium proved to be a high-scoring affair as KKR put up a big score of 187 after being put in to bat, before SRH came close to chasing it down. Ultimately, the Orange Army fell short by a margin of 10 runs.
The hero for KKR was Nitish Rana who scored 80 runs and put on a 93-run partnership with fellow half-centurion Rahul Tripathi. Dinesh Karthik contributed with some quality hitting at the death as well. For SRH, Jonny Bairstow was on song and looked set to take SRH home before he lost his wicket. Manish Pandey got an unbeaten half-century but was not quite able to middle deliveries which led to KKR winning.
David Warner gives his verdict on SRH’s loss
Skipper David Warner spoke at the post-match presentation about the loss and said, “I didn’t think there were that many runs on this wicket. They adapted really well, had a good partnership. We failed to execute the first ball of most overs and then conceded a lot at the end. We lost early wickets, and Jonny and Manish got us in a good position, so we had our chances.”
“The dew made a difference. If the bowlers overpitched, it was easy to hit it, and with the height in their team, and with the cross-seam, it stopped a little bit on us. We would like to have won the first game, but we have four more games at this venue and hopefully we will get used to the square and the dimensions of this ground,” he added.
SRH’s next match will be against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on the 14th of April at the same venue.
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