IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting finally clicks in the LSG victory; SRH Eye Mid Table Finish with Travis Head's return | Mint

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ‘s emphasis on six wickets against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Monday (May 19) did two things: It showed the world that when the SRH bats came together, they were still formidable, and that it was LSG from the starting place for a play-off match. With only a point separating the two sides and two games each, SRH could even earn a mid-table finish, after spending a long time at the bottom of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) table. During the tournament, coach Daniel Vettori maintained that the Sunrisers’ all-favor blazing approach to batting was not one-dimensional and could be tempered if the conditions demanded it. However, in the first half of the tournament, the Sunrisers’ bat could not click as a whole. But a shape loss, more than bad tactics, saw them being pushed back. Again, they hunted a target of 206, despite the fact that Travis Head was the only half-century with Abhishek Sharma’s 59. Abhishek set the tone early and embarked on the absence of the head in a 20-ball blitz. Travis Head ready to return Vettori indicated that Head’s recovery was on track, and he would probably be suitable for their next away game, against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on May 23. “He is doing well. We have a few days before our game in Bengaluru, so that’s all he will do to play the game, ‘Vettori revealed. The last time that Sunrisers played in Bengaluru, they piled up an IPL record 287/3, with the head beating 102 of 41, so that his return the batting unit that looks like he is finding his feet. How the SRH fighters did curiously enough, none of the top four of SRH had poor seasons individually. However, none of them also had excellent seasons. SRH Batters’ statistics in IPL 2025 (until May 19) Names Matches Runs Average Strike City Abhishek Sharma 12 373 33.91 192.27 Heinrich Klaasen 12 358 35.80 155.65 Travis Head 11 281 28.10 156.11 ISHAN KISHAN 12 231 25.67 140.85 is some of the batters Upper 25.67 140.85 A couple from the Batters is the Upper 251 25.67 140.85 a couple end and a few lower down, but they are all in the center. For a batting team like the Sunrisers, this led to poor results. But the fact that none of their most important fighters had a poor season is an encouraging sign for the rest of this auction cycle. “To see that the team meets again three days ago … and then to be able to pull out what is a very difficult chase, I thought it was a fantastic effort,” Vettori said. ‘Unfortunately for us it was a difficult season. The last few games have gone to project ahead next year. And seeing that some guys had the opportunity and delivered the opportunity was fantastic, ‘he added. “Teams bowled us exceptionally well,” says Vettori Vettori also said that the other parties were better prepared to face the Sunrisers in IPL 2025. Given the way their bat took the tournament with storm last year, it was perhaps a natural consequence. “I think teams bowled for us extremely well at the beginning,” Vettori said. ‘A lot of planning went to the two bowling [Abhishek and Head]and there are some other things that go with it. I don’t want a style change, but you want to adjust if you don’t win. This is probably the ladder for us this year. “He said,” We also understand that teams will come to us pretty hard. You look all over the IPL, and it’s probably the style most teams play. Everyone does this in a different way, but I think the fact that we normally have Abhishek and Travis at the top of the order means we want them to go there and play aggressively. The rest of the team has a role to adapt to the conditions that offer themselves as well as the game situation. “The Sunrisers cannot qualify for this year’s playoff games, but they can still go out at a peak if their batting meets as against LSG.