Amid the strike-rate chatter and the tough stance of Daniel Vettori
The head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Daniel Vettori, feels that after mastering the art of setting totals, it's time his team brushes up on its chasing abilities as the business end of the Indian Premier League approaches. Currently, SRH is third on the leaderboard with five wins from eight games.
Vettori said after the 35-run loss against Royal Challengers Bengaluru here on Thursday night, "We have been successful in setting totals, and now we have to look at how well we are chasing.”
After opting to bat, RCB posted a challenging 206 for 7 and then restricted SRH to 171 for 8. For a team that has breached the 250-run mark three times this season, the target was easily reachable, but a rare failure of the top and middle order cost the hosts dearly.
Vettori said at the post-match press conference that, "Obviously, disappointing where we have come from in the last four games; we played some really good cricket, and even though we lost, you could see if we had some wickets at the back end, we could have still chased it down.”
"Those early wickets broke everything. We were confident in the scores we were able to put up. We thought that 206 was a good score; we probably let a few runs in the field. But there was confidence in the group because of past performances.”