Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Kane Williamson mentioned that he took the positives out of their sport in opposition to the Gujarat Titans (GT) regardless of the five-wicket loss on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. On Wednesday, April 27, the Titans bought previous the road after Rashid Khan smashed Marco Jansen for 3 sixes with 22 runs wanted within the final over.
The Tauranga-born Williamson took the defeat in his stride and lauded the Titans for placing in a robust displaying. The SRH skipper additionally had phrases of reward for Shashank Singh, who scored a quick-fire 6-ball 25 with one 4 and three sixes, taking the Sunrisers’ rating to 195/6.
“It was a implausible sport of cricket that ebbed and flowed all through the 40 overs, it is a sport of very positive margins. Could have gone both manner, however nice studying for us. Another robust efficiency on the high of the desk although. It was a implausible end by Shashank Singh. He performed fantastically. Credit to Gujarat as they performed outstandingly nicely. We’ll take positives out of this sport,” Williamson said.
‘Malik has been bowling beautifully’
The Titans came up trumps, but SRH pacer Umran Malik hogged the headlines after he picked up a five-wicket haul. The young Jammu and Kashmir pacer picked up all the wickets in the Titans’ innings and conceded runs at an economy rate of 6.25 on a pitch that had very little for the fast bowlers.
While he praised Malik for his sheer pace, Williamson also applauded Rashid Khan, who scored a match-winning 11-ball 31 under extreme pressure.
“He (Malik) has been bowling beautifully, an outstanding performance by him. If you are not on the money, the ball can fly anywhere. He (Rashid) has done it already in this tournament, and he has done it again. There’s a lot of learning for us, but with two strong sides, such things happen,” he acknowledged.
Williamson additionally backed Jansen to bounce again after the South Africa paceman was taken to the cleaners by Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan.
“He (Jansen) will bounce again properly, there have been plenty of video games like these. Sometimes you’re blown away by the higher facet, credit score to them (Gujarat) as they performed outstandingly nicely,” Williamson added.
