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Has been updated: May 2, 2024 08:59 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India]May 2 (ANI): Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) assistant coach ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. , Simon Helmott said the team wanted to play games like this: An aggressive brand of cricket in the days of the tournament.
After winning 5 out of 9 matches in IPL 2024, SRH is placed 5th with 10 points and a net run rate of +0.075. The next match against Royals will be crucial for the Hyderabad-based franchise as they have lost their last two matches.
In the pregame press conference, Helmott acknowledged that all teams are trying to be aggressive in the tournament. He added that the past two games “didn't go well.”
“Our single-mindedness is that we want to play an attacking brand of cricket, and isn't that what every team that wants to play an attacking brand of cricket is doing? That's helped us a lot of times.''We won five games, but obviously the last one or two games we haven't been very good,'' Helmot said.
The assistant coach added that if they continue to support their abilities, they will be in a good position to win the upcoming match against Rajasthan.
“We know that if we play a positive brand of cricket, as we continue to support our abilities and aim to make the best decisions possible on every ball, we will be in a good position. “To win this game,'' he added.
He praised Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals and said they have a balanced team and they have good spinners in the team.
“Rajasthan are at the top for a reason. They have a balanced team, they have some very good spinners in the team, but we also have some very good spinners in the team. “I think there are some players who have,'' he added.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Jaydev Unadkat, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Umraan Malik, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Upendra Yadav, Jataved Subramanyan, Sanbir Singh, Vijayakant Vyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Marco Jansen, Akash Maharaj Singh. (Ani)