Srinagar: Former England captain Michael Vaughan has blamed Sunrisers Hyderabad management for killing its bowlers Mohammad Shami, Pat Cummins , others by giving them road to bowl on in the ongoing IPL 2025.
On Thursday, SunRisers posted a total of 190/9 in the allotted 20 overs, and the LSG chased the target down in the 17th over with five wickets in hand. Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh smashed the SRH bowlers all around the park as LSG chased down the total with 23 balls to spare.
After the defeat, Vaughan said SunRisers need to be careful about how they play to ensure their bowlers do not lose confidence by playing on ‘roads’.
“Obviously, we talk about Hyderabad’s batting, the power, and the huge scores they get. They’ve got to be careful that the bowlers don’t lose confidence. You know, because their bowlers are bowling on this road. You look at those numbers. I mean, Pat Cummins has done well tonight, but he went for 60 in the first game,” Vaughan told Cricbuzz.
“Zampa’s been destroyed, really, tonight. Shami’s gone at 12 today. So you’ve got to be careful with your bowling attack, that they don’t just bowl on roads in your home venue, and then you suddenly get on there, and you’re expecting them to deliver, and they’re not full of confidence,” he added.
“I’m yet to see a team with a major event playing just one style of cricket. I’m just worried that the Sunrisers just play this one style of cricket, and they might just have to go up and down at the gears. Yes, go aggressive when you can, but it might not be possible every time you go out to bat,” said Vaughan.
“And tonight, they fell short because they were ultra-aggressive. They had a little bit of fortune, but they were ultra-aggressive. And if they played a little bit smarter, would they have got 220, 230? Again, that’s hindsight. But I’ve not seen a team yet win a franchise league or a national major tournament by playing just one style of cricket,” he added.