Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered their second consecutive loss in the Indian Premier League 2023 as they were defeated by Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets on Friday, April 21 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Following their loss, head coach Brian Lara stated that Sundar offers value to the franchise with both bat and ball.
“Washington’s value to the team is both to bowl and bat, but we have got players who can play at the top positions. With Washington, yes, we want him to be that great all-rounder with both bat and ball, but I think it’s going to take time. Pressing the button and saying that this kid has potential and let’s get him up [the batting order], that’s pretty much pressing the panic button,” said Lara at the post-match press conference.
The left-right combination is not a bad one: Brian Lara
“The experiment of trying to get Harry Brook up the order produced a 100. If you would ask what team we would want to have at the beginning of the tournament, if we had a fit Abhishek then it’d be Abhishek and Mayank Agarwal [as openers]. But Harry Brook has given the innings some impetus, the couple of times that he has been able to get off. You can see he has intention. The left-right combination is not a bad one. It didn’t entirely work today [Friday], but there was some promise,” Lara added.
