Former Indian cricketer, Aakash Chopra has highlighted SunRisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) opener Harry Brook’s issue in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, as he failed to fire in the ongoing edition of IPL 16. So far, in three outings English batter had scored only 29 runs.
Now, the Hyderabad-based side will be up for the clash against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Earlier, Aiden Markram-led SRH won their last match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) by eight wickets. They won one and lost two in the three games thus far.
Aakash Chopra points out that Harry Brook has not lived up to the expectations-
“Everyone is a right-hander. The batting seems to have a lot of depth. In fact, you bought a Lamborghini in Harry Brook but he hasn’t got the Harry Potter wand yet. His magic has not worked. Put spin in front of Harry Brook and his situation turns bad,” said the Ex-Test opener.
The 24-year-old Brook, who has been in tremendous form for the English side in Test matches with 4 centuries in 6 outings, was bought for a whopping ₹13.25 crore at the IPL 2023 Auction, has not managed to perform for the SRH side as an opener. He would be eager to get the monkey off his back.
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“Mayank Agarwal is not in very good form. Rahul Tripathi does play well but after him comes Aiden Markram. His numbers against left-arm spin are absolutely ordinary.
“Then comes Heinrich Klaasen, who plays spin okay but bats too low. After that, you see Washington Sundar and maybe Abdul Samad,” he further added.
While chasing 144 runs against Shikhar Dhawan-led PBKS, former champions, lost both their openers under 10 overs for 45-2, but later Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram took their side to a victory with 74* and 37* runs respectively.
“I think if they score runs in batting, the bowling has the might. You have to use fast bowling if you have to catch Kolkata because Kolkata have the worst numbers against the bouncers.
“So unleash Umran Malik. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has good numbers against this team. So you will expect wickets from him. Then there is T Natarajan, then maybe Kartik Tyagi, if he is fit and available. Then you can attack with Mayank Markande and Washington Sundar. Washi Sundar will be very important in this game because the opposition team has a lot of left-handers,” said Chopra on SRH bowling.
KKR will take on SRH in the 19th game of IPL 2023, on April 14 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.