In the 62nd game of the ongoing IPL 2023 between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 15, SRH made some questionable decisions. They decided to drop Glenn Phillips, who won the game against Rajasthan Royals. The New Zealand international was named among the five impact subs. Also, they decided to go with an extra bowling option despite having the strategy to bowl first.
SRH Subs: Anmolpreet, Philips, Hosein, Dagar, Reddy.
SRH Playing XI: Abhsishek, Tripathi, Markram, Klaasen, Samad, Sanvir, Jansen, Markande, Bhuvneshwar, Farooqi, Natarajan.
GT Subs: Dayal, Bharat, Nalkande, Kishore, Mavi.
GT Playing XI: Saha, Gill, Sudharsan, Hardik, Miller, Shanaka, Tewatia, Rashid, Mohit, Shami, Noor.
Apart from this, Jansen bowled two no-balls, one of them matching the kind Mohammad Amir bowled in the controversial Test against England in 2010. All of this has led to fans questioning the tactics of the 2016 winners.
Catch drops
— Vinil Reddy (@vinilreddy7) May 15, 2023
You should be ashamed of questioning the ethics of your own team ! You can question their play but you can't just accuse someone like that. I hope you're seeing this @SunRisers
Need to Report Hateful conduct. These things are getting out of hand , people are doing it for likes— WTF Cricket (@CricketWtf) May 15, 2023
As a SRH fan it is disheartening to see this type of performance but can't tolerate questioning on their ethics and values, every team do this of mistakes. Don't drag SRH in wrong ways.
— Gems of Bottling (@GemsOfBottling) May 15, 2023
Lock down kids can't digest csk mi and gt sucess
— RR (@RRcricnews) May 15, 2023
Aa dabbulu bokka villaki ichi, nehra ki 3 kobbari bondaalu ayana vasthay
— Daya (@bluejersy45) May 15, 2023
Muhammad Amir is Fixer just because he want to gift iphone to your sister ??
— abdullah (@abdullahTFarm) May 15, 2023
This is serious!
Pathetic fielding
Drop catches
No balls!
Team selection
Looks fishy!— Tabish ali khan (@iamtabishkhan07) May 15, 2023
No planning , no strategy and on top of it Murlitharan is sitting at the dug out smiling !!!! It seems that SRH is playing the games to complete the formalities. Madam Kavya Maran what you have to say ?
— UJJAL DUTTA (@UJJALDU38626689) May 15, 2023
Take IPL as WWE of Cricket…….. In WWE, Blood is real bt result is known to all involved..
Same here..
The game is real but results are known to all involved.
— Amogh (@Amogh_09) May 16, 2023
Yes bro, I got the same doubt. There is something going behind doors. I wish this franchise get out from Hyderabad and to have a new franchise representing telugu people with new ownership
— Akash (@RahulKerra) May 15, 2023
Sunrisers Hyderabad was eliminated while Gujarat Titans qualify for the playoffs
Meanwhile, taking about the game, the Orange Army had a great start as Bhuvneshawar Kumar got rid of Wriddhiman Saha, their former player. However, the likes of Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill kept punishing the bowlers with the former playing second fiddle for a while. They put together 147 in just 13.4 overs. Sudarshan scored 47 off 36 balls including six fours and a six. On the other hand, Gill scored his maiden IPL hundred.
However, apart from them, no player touched the double-figure mark which is why they were rather restricted to 189/9. B. Kumar took five wickets for 30 runs. However, with the ball, GT showed SRH that 189 runs are more than enough for them. They started by taking seven wickets for 59 runs. At this stage, Heinrich Klassen and Kumar put together 68 runs for the eighth wicket. In the end, the 2016 winners managed 154/9, losing the game by 34 runs.
With this loss, the Aiden Markram-led side has been eliminated from the playoffs race. On the other hand, the Titans have now qualified for the playoffs race.
