Watch: Kaviya Maran's Roller-Coaster Of Emotions Sum Up SRH's Performances In IPL 2023

05.05.2023 - 07:57 sports.ndtv.com

Sunrisers Hyderabad have found little joy in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season. Placed 9th in the points table, the Sunrisers only have themsleves to blame for squandering a golden opportunity to beat Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday.

For the most part of the run-chase, it looked like Hyderabad would walk past the target of 172 runs but they eventually were restricted to 166/8.

The franchise's CEO and owner Kaviya Maran went through a roller-coaster of emotions, seeing the team put in a disastrous performance at the deat to lose the game by 5 runs.

More often than not, Maran catches the shutterbugs' attention whenever she attends Sunrisers' home games in the IPL. It was the same case this time.

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