“He has to be called out”: Matthew Hayden criticizes Lucknow Super Giants for disappointing performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Former Australian cricket team batsman Matthew Hayden was upset with the batting performance of Lucknow Super Giants against Sunrisers Hyderabad during the IPL 2024 match on Wednesday. Despite losing only 4 wickets during their innings, LSG failed to gain momentum and could score only 165 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma gave a tough challenge to the LSG bowlers and SRH won in just 9.4 overs. Hayden said in the commentary that someone needed to show intent for LSG and after having one of the slowest powerplays, they never recovered and finished with a score that was absolutely below par in relation to the playing surface. Was.

“I have to call them out. It’s not 5 runs per over wicket. Someone needs to show intent. They had one of the slowest powerplays. It took the innings nowhere. When the opposition had Travis Head, Henrique Klaasen, your aim should be to go 10 and above. 160-170 will never be enough,” Hayden said in the comments.

LSG captain KL Rahul was at a loss for words after the onslaught by SRH batsmen.

“I have no words. We have seen that kind of batting on TV. But it is unreal batting. It seemed like everything was in the middle of the bat. Congratulations to his skills. He worked hard on his six-hitting skills. He did it.” This will give us an opportunity to know how the pitch performed in the second innings.”

“It was difficult to stop them because they faltered right from the first ball. Once you are in a losing position, there are question marks on the decisions taken. We were 40-50 runs short when we lost the wicket in the powerplay. If given, we could not do it. We didn’t get any momentum. Ayush and Nicky batted well to take us to 166. But even if we had got 240, they could have chased it,” Rahul said after the match.