IPL 2023: Rahul Tripathi's knock takes pressure off the batting unit, opines SRH skipper Aiden Markram

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Aiden Markram had a word of praise from teammate Rahul Tripathi who despite a sluggish start managed to play an aggressive game saying that the latter took pressure off the batting unit with his knockTripathi played a brilliant counterattacking knock of an unbeaten 74 off 48 balls Together Markram and Tripathi stitched a 100run partnership off 52 balls that led to the completion of the game with almost three overs leftWith 47 needed off 36 Markram and Tripathi took on Mohit Rathee and hit him for three boundaries and a six to bring the equation down to 26 off 30 It was a cruise from then on as Markram hit four fours off Nathan Eliis and then Tripathi finished it off with another four to win the match by 8 wicketsIt was just down to Rahul being Rahul he played an incredible knock for us He played an incredible knock today I did speak to him and he told me that he was struggling to rotate strike initially but once he got a feel of the pitch he put the bowlers under pressure like he always does Really happy for him He takes a lot of pressure off the batting unit and his form is exciting for us as a team Markram said in a postmatch presserBhuvneshwar Kumar and Marco Jansen gave SRH the perfect start as they ripped through the PBKS top order inside the Powerplay Markande and Umran Malik carried forward the momentum in the middle overs and rattled the middle and lower middle order before Shikhar Dhawan dragged PBKS to a respectable 1439Markram was pleased with his sides performance and said Its tough to say what changed from previous games but the execution on the field was better tonight We had plans in earlier games too but couldnt execute them properly Today I thought we were on point especially the bowling performance We took wickets with the new ball took wickets in the powerplay and put them under pressure Then a great spell of spin bowling by MayankAlso readIPL 2023 Lacklustre Sunrisers Hyderabad eye elusive win over highflying Punjab KingsHe further explained the reason behind sending Harry Brooks to open the innings with Mayank Agarwal He has been in great form pretty much wherever he has played in the last 1218 months Its about him freeing himself in the powerplay hitting cricket shots like he doesHe doesnt play a highrisk brand of cricket he generally just plays normal cricket shots hard and in the gap So we thought that if he could do that in powerplay we could maximise it That was the thinking behind the moveWith a win over PBKS Sunrisers picked up their first win of the season and look to continue the form when they face Kolkata Knight Riders on April 14This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever