Veteran Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara has slammed the SunRisers Hyderabad for their approach as they faced consecutive defeats in IPL 2025 as well. Pujara, who has played for many IPL franchises, added that the SRH’s aggressive intent is futile if it results in inconsistency as well. Notably, the Orange Army are known for playing aggressively right from the beginning and the approach helped them to the final of IPL 2024.

Speaking on ESPN Cricinfo, Pujara stated: “What is your success then. If you are just winning two out of 10, then it doesn’t make sense. You need to win more number of games. You need to show that consistency again and again. Last season we saw that they played brilliantly throughout the league phase but what if one game goes wrong for you in the knockouts, then you’re not able you are not able to have a plan.”

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However, the veteran batter also felt that the pitches are on the slower side in afternoon games as well; hence, SRH captain Pat Cummins
shouldn’t have batted first on Sunday against the Capitals as well.

“Firstly I was really surprised they chose to bat first. When you’re playing an afternoon game, you know that the pitch will be slightly on the slow side, that’s when you normally prefer to bowl and that’s an ideal time to bowl, not an ideal time to bat. I thought they should have bowled first. But talking about their batting, I think they go too hard and they were not smart enough today,” Cheteshwar Pujara concluded.