Former Indian opener Kris Srikkanth lavished praise on Sakib Hussain after Sunrisers Hyderabad clinched a comprehensive 47-run win against Delhi Capitals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Hussain returned with impressive figures of 1-29 in his quota of four overs after SRH posted an above par score of 242 runs on the board. The youngster from Bihar has scalped six wickets in three matches at an average of 14.16 and economy rate of 7.08 in IPL 2026.

Hussain was able to nail his yorkers at the death against Delhi Capitals and once again delivered for the Orange Army.

Kris Srikkanth said on his YouTube Channel, “He is definitely the find of the tournament. He bowls with such intelligence, while also being capable of bowling fast. This boy is brilliant. Along with him, Prince Yadav is the other big find of this tournament.”

On the other hand, the 1983 World Cup winning player defended KL Rahul, who scored 37 runs off 23 balls in the run-chase of 243. Rahul was dismissed by Sakib Hussain on a leg-side full toss.

“This team is only capable of scoring 190. I won’t blame KL Rahul. His job is to hold one end up as the opener. And he is striking at 160, what more do you want from him? He can’t be an Abhishek Sharma. He had some problems with his hand, and wasn’t able to play his shots. He is not a bulldozing opener. His range is 160 to 180 strike rate, and he should be left alone to do that. The rest should be blamed, not him,” said Srikkanth (via the aforementioned source).

Srikkanth said DC doesn’t have the batting firepower in their team after huge loss against SRH.

“We can’t blame their batters at all for this defeat. It’s absolute rubbish. The bowlers did a bad job by giving almost 250. You can’t expect the batters to chase that. Plus, DC doesn’t have the batting firepower. Miller is over the hill and is not the old Miller. They don’t have a bulldozing batting lineup.”

Delhi Capitals will next take on Punjab Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, on Saturday.