IPL 2023 | Sunrisers Hyderabad lacked intent: Markram

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Aiden Markram questioned their intent as they cut a sorry figure chasing a modest 145 to endure a third defeat on the trot in the IPL in Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Aiden Markram on April 24 questioned their intent as they cut a sorry figure chasing a modest 145 to endure a third defeat on the trot in the IPL in Hyderabad.

Washington Sundar’s all-round show - 3/28 and 15-ball 24 not out - was not enough as DC strangulated SRH batters to eke out a narrow seven-run win, their second in a row.

"(We were) not good with the bat again, not enough intent. We looked (like) a team that was not excited to win a game of cricket unfortunately,” Markram said at the presentation ceremony.

“We'll have to go back to look how we can chase better, be more free as a team and as a unit and hopefully that can help us going forward.

"It's difficult. You can say all the right things but ultimately guys need to buy into it. We want to play a certain brand of cricket and if we get it wrong doing that then we'll sleep a lot better at night,” he said.

"We've got really good players and really good batters and unfortunately I think we're just letting ourselves down through lack of intent.

"Guys need to work out what brings out the best in them and makes them the most free to play. Our bowlers didn't deserve to be on the losing side like this,” he said.