SRH vs CSK: Tom Moody on Sunrisers Hyderabad’s troubles after Washington Sundar’s injury – It impacted our bowling
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Washington Sundar injured his bowling hand while making a stop near the boundary during the match against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) head coach Tom Moody said that the injury to Washington Sundar didn’t help his team by any means in the match against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday, May 1 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) in Pune. Earlier in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL), Sundar split his webbing on his bowling hand, after which he missed quite a few games.
Sundar made his comeback in the game against the Gujarat Titans (GT) where he failed to pick up a wicket. Against the Super Kings, the Young Turk couldn’t bowl a single over after he re-injured his bowling hand while making a stop near the boundary. In Sundar’s absence, the Sunrisers had to use the services of Aiden Markram and Shashank Singh.
Markram and Singh went on to concede 46 runs in 4 overs as CSK amassed a massive score of 202/2 on the board. Moody admitted that the 22-year-old Sundar plays an important part for SRH in the power-play and his injury crippled the team to some extent.
“Unfortunate for him, he got a knock on the same hand where he split his webbing and had stitches. It had healed completely, but he re-injured that area. It’s not to the point where he needs a re-stitch, but it wasn’t in a state where he could bowl. So, it’s incredibly unlucky for him and his injury impacted us in the early phase of our bowling given that he plays such a critical role for us in the first 10 overs,” Moody said in the post-match press conference.
After putting the Super Kings in to bat first, SRH faced more trouble as fast bowler T. Natarajan had to go off the field due to an injury after bowling a solitary over. Although he picked up 2 wickets at the death, he conceded 35 runs in his last 3 overs. Moody said that injuries to Sundar and Natarajan made life difficult for skipper Kane Williamson.
“At the end of the day when you lose one of your important bowlers, whether it’s a spinner or not, it is a massive blow to the side. It wasn’t only that situation for us as we also had Natarajan off the field with an injury that was taking some time before he could come back on,” he stated.
“So basically, we had 7 overs that hadn’t been bowled by frontline bowlers up to the 14th to 15th over. So, it made it very difficult for Kane to manage the situation out in the middle and hence, we chased a total that was 20-30 runs more than it should have been,” Moody added.
