This time the Sunrisers Hyderabad team entered the IPL under the captaincy of Pat Cummins. Sunrisers Hyderabad also performed well under the captaincy of Pat Cummins but missed the title. Sunrisers Hyderabad, who finished second in the league stage, lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in the final of IPL 2024. Sunrisers, who won the hearts of the fans with their explosive game throughout the season, were a complete flop in the final. After the defeat in the final match, the captain of the team Pat Cummins has given a big statement.
Big statement by Pat Cummins after the defeat
Pat Cummins further said that it was a difficult wicket. If we had scored 160 runs, we felt we would have been in the game. It did not seem that it would be a wicket of more than 200. He further said that there are many positive things, the style in which the players, especially the batsmen, played, helped them reach 250 three times.
SRH's batting flopped in the final match
In the final match, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be completely wrong. Sunrisers Hyderabad team could bat only for 18.3 overs and got all out for 113 runs. Along with this, the bowlers also failed to stop the runs. Kolkata Knight Riders achieved this target in just 10.3 overs at the loss of 2 wickets.
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said after the defeat in the final that Kolkata Knight Riders bowled brilliantly. We did not play well tonight, we lost completely. Unfortunately old partner Mitchell Starc bowled well again. You expect to hit some boundaries but he bowled brilliantly, we did not get any boundaries. The same thing happened in Ahmedabad last week, where he bowled really well, so all the credit goes to him.