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Sunrisers Hyderabad’s winless streak baffles skipper David Warner

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Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner is stunned by his workforce’s winless streak within the Indian Premier League (IPL) and demanded “smart cricket” from his aspect after their third successive defeat in Saturday’s match towards Mumbai Indians.
For the third match in a row, the 2016 champions failed to drag off a chase regardless of wanting in a robust place to win the competition towards defending champions Mumbai.
Chasing 151 for victory, Hyderabad obtained off to a flying begin earlier than Jonny Bairstow was dismissed hit wicket and Warner (36) ran himself out as Mumbai went on to win by 13 runs.
“I don’t know how to take that,” a dissatisfied Warner stated as Hyderabad stay rooted to the underside of the factors desk after their worst begin to the match.
“Two of us got set, my run out, Jonny stepping on his wickets, and false shots in the middle proved that if you don’t have two (set) guys at the end, you don’t win,” Warner stated.
“These scores are very chaseable, it’s simply poor batting.
“You just need smart cricket in the middle, we aren’t doing that. We’ve got to learn from the mistakes and right now, it’s just the batsmen.”
The defeat uncovered Hyderabad’s brittle center order and renewed calls to play New Zealand captain Kane Williamson who’s recovering from an elbow harm.
“We have to speak to the physios, he’s coming along nicely and plays a big role in our squad,” Warner stated.