Moody defends playing out-of-form Williamson as opener
MUMBAI : Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has defended playing captain Kane Williamson as an opener despite the batsman's ongoing run drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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MUMBAI : Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has defended playing captain Kane Williamson as an opener despite the batsman's ongoing run drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
After facing a 67-run defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson said that his side need to come up with ways to reverse pressure and turn things around. Faf du Plessis' unbeaten knock of 73 and Wanindu Hasaranga's five-wicket haul helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 67 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Focus on struggling Kane Williamson, Virat KohliIt's ironic that two of the best batsmen in modern times are struggling and so are their teams as they head into the last stages of the league phase in IPL. Having followed a similar career trajectory since their junior days, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson are going through a lean patch with the former at No. 32 in the batting charts with 216 runs from 11 outings - a highest of 58 - and Williamson is at No. 34 with 199 from 10 innings with a highest of 57.
Two of world crickets batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson's woeful form will be in focus when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad take on each other in a return IPL fixture on Sunday. Both Kohli and Williamson have struggled for runs in the ongoing season. While the Indian has scored just 216 runs in 11 games at an average of 21.60, the SRH captain has managed 199 runs from 10 matches at an average of 22.11.
David Warner was in top form on Thursday as he smashed an unbeaten 92 to take Delhi Capitals to a big total of 207/3 against his old franchise SunRisers Hyderabad. The big score was enough for DC to get the better of SRH and as a resulted boosted their chances of making it to the playoffs of IPL 2022. The match was billed as a 'revenge clash' as Warner was playing against the franchise with which he had a bitter fallout last season.
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New Zealand named a fit-again Kane Williamson as captain of their enlarged squad for the Test series in England, where he will hope the triumphs of a year earlier can be repeated. An elbow injury sidelined captain Williamson from both of his country's recent home series draws against Bangladesh and South Africa. The world class batsman has not played for New Zealand since November but returned to the crease last week for his Indian Premier League side, Sunrisers Hyderabad.