Sunrisers Hyderabad will play against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on April 25. In the previous fixture between the two franchises, the Pat Cummins-led team, posted 287/3, with Travis scoring a hundred. The Orange Army won the game by 25 runs as RCB managed 262/7.
Ahead of the game, the focus has again shifted to Virat Kohli, the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League 2024. His controversial dismissal in the previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders is still in the news.
RCB have lost 7 games in the 17th season and are out of the playoff race. Former India player Navjot Singh Sidhu doesn’t want all the focus on Virat.
“We will again focus on Virat Kohli. We should stop doing it, as another team is also involved in the game. We should talk about Pat Cummins and how he has changed the team. Mayank Agarwal and Rajat were the openers, but Cummins brought in Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. The results have been sensational.
“He is keeping himself for the middle overs and giving death overs to T Natarajan. The team was down and out when Cummins arrived. He took some time and the same franchise has become a top unit. RCB should follow Pat Cummins and his style of captaincy. They should take lessons out of his book,” Navjot said on Star Sports.
SRH have won 5 out of 7 games and ate third in the points table.