IPL 2025: We still look to play positive cricket despite failures: SRH’s Helmot

A struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad would like to reverse their fortunes against a firedup Gujarat Titans at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on SundayThe home team are walking on a tightrope after three successive defeats The 80run humiliation against Kolkata Knight Riders was one of the worstever shows They are now pushed to the bottom half of the table and any further loss would put them in a spot of bother Therefore the Pat Cumminsled team would definitely like to reinvent and get back to their winning waysAssistant coach Simon Helmot agreed that the last couple of matches havenrsquot been great for them ldquoBut we look forward to still playing a positive brand of cricket and still remaining very confident We know we have a very good squad Wersquore very well led by Cummins and we look forward to getting a win against GT in front of our home fansrdquoAlso ReadIPL 2025 Jaiswals halfcentury and Archers threewicket haul help RR defeat PBKS by 50 runsSRH batters were able to ride high last season because of the robust tactics adopted by their confident batters But ever since LSGrsquos Shardul Thakur denoted the toporder in the second match this season the feared SRH batting of Travis Head Abhishek Sharma Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen have not been the same They suddenly look listless The team had raised visions of becoming the first team to score 300plus after hitting 2866 against Rajasthan Royals but instead the SRH batters have flattered to deceive from the second match onThe Australian coach revealed that there be would no change in the opening pair ldquoBoth Abhi Abhishek and Travis have had great success together So we look forward to them still having a very aggressive approach at the toprdquo Helmot saidOn any pressure over the hype of scoring in excess of 300 Helmot asserted there is always pressure on teams ldquoBut certainly not added pressurerdquoThe SRH batters now face another big challenge against inform Mohammed Siraj The Hyderabad boy has got his pace and swing back to pose a big threat to the home teamrsquos toporder today Siraj who played many matches for the Hyderabad Ranji team at this venue would like to make his homecoming a memorable one Prasidh Krishna has also been nippy and accurate Leftarm spinner Sai Kishore has controlled the middle overs admirably but that is not the case of wily Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan He has been GTrsquos biggest disappointment so farThere are bowling concerns for SRH They have not been penetrative and have given away far too many runs in the death overs particularly in the last match as KKRrsquos Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh went after Cummins and Harshal Patel The SRH bowlers will be tested to the full against a solid GT batting lineup led by Sai Sudharsan The Tamil Nadu left hander has caught the eye with his wide range of strokes Jos Buttler showed his class at Bangalore but a big knock is due from skipper Shubman GillatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params