IPL 2025 | SRH coach Vettori rues home woes after failing to make playoffs

Sunrisers Hyderabad's struggles on slow pitches at home led to their elimination from IPL playoff contention.

Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori felt the slow pitches on their home ground did not suit their free-scoring batters after the side crashed out of the playoff race of this year's Indian Premier League.

The 2016 champions became the third team — after Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings — to be eliminated after their home game against Delhi Capitals was washed out on Monday (May 5, 2025).

Hyderabad managed three wins in 11 games and won only two of their six home matches this season.

"This year, the conditions weren't as we expected," Vettori told reporters. "If you look at last year, there were a lot of high-scoring games here.

"These surfaces in particular have been a little bit different. It has been tricky, it hasn't been easy for the batters."

Hyderabad has witnessed four 200-plus scores in 11 innings this season compared to seven times in 12 innings last year.

The slow surface has stifled Hyderabad's otherwise fiery top order including Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Ishan Kishan.