Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has slammed the SunRisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) batting in their IPL 2025 loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He wondered whether the youngster is not just short of runs but lacks form. However, KKR set SRH a 201-run target in Kolkata on Thursday, April 3. Abhishek managed only two runs off six deliveries in the chase as they were bowled out for 120, losing the game by 80 runs as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Naam bade, darshan chhote (big names but hardly any performance). It seems like that if we have a look at their batting order. They won’t change their playing style at all. They play like that continuously. 190 once, then 163, and if your graph is going downwards and you are losing wickets consistently in the powerplay, you need to ask a question where you are going.”
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“I am unable to understand Nitish Kumar Reddy’s shots. Ishan Kishan scored runs in the first match, but then three low scores. Abhishek Sharma is not looking the same. He is playing shots, but at what stage, do you say it’s not lack of runs but lack of form?” Chopra added. “You were looking good, then you got run out once, then you didn’t score runs, and got out once more. Suddenly, four innings have passed, and you haven’t scored runs. Then you start asking questions as to what is happening,” Chopra further added.
However, Aakash Chopra also added that Travis Head continued his poor form in big run chases in the SRH’s IPL 2025 loss to the KKR.
“One thing got highlighted. Travis Head hasn’t scored runs against KKR. He hasn’t scored runs against Mitchell Starc. He hasn’t scored runs in 200-plus chases, and that is absolutely bizarre,” he said.”If you have an average not even of 10, you don’t play even a single good knock and don’t become the differentiator in the match, it will have to be said that he is the headmaster, but not in a run chase,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
