Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the SRH are not looking as formidable in IPL 2025 as they did last year as well. He added that SRH’s poor batting lineup has been struggling this year. SRH will host the Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 41 of IPL 2025 in Hyderabad on Wednesday, April 23 as well. With four points from seven games, they are placed ninth on the points table as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Orange Army, you are not looking like an army. The situation is very bad, and it’s getting worse. A lot of things have not gone in their favor. Nitish Kumar Reddy has an average of 21 this year. Heinrich Klaasen’s highest score this year has been 35. Barring one or two matches, the Travishek pair (Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma) hasn’t done anything.”
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“They played very well against Punjab, and in an odd match at the start. There too Abhishek hadn’t scored runs. Overall, batting, which used to be this team’s huge strength, we have seen just one or two trailers of that, once in the first match where Ishan Kishan scored a century, and then the Punjab match where Abhishek scored a hundred. Aniket Verma played very well in one match, but what else?” he added.
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While talking about SRH’s bowling, Aakash Chopra stated that Mohammad Shami has lacked potency in IPL 2025 as well.
“If I talk about the bowling problems, you would be surprised. If you see Shami’s performance, you would ask what has happened. Mohammad Shami’s performance has been extremely ordinary. I think he has an average of 52. Pat Cummins has recovered a little, but the situation is very bad overall. In fact, when Adam Zampa got injured, they picked R Smaran, who is a batter. You play Zeeshan Ansari, but played Rahul Chahar only in the last game, or else you are not playing him,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
