Former Indian opener Kris Srikkanth slammed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s mundane bowling after they suffered a six-wicket loss against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday. 

RCB were able to chase down the score of 202 runs with 26 balls to spare and had no issues in getting over the line. All the SRH bowlers conceded their runs at an economy rate of more than 9.50. David Payne, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, and Eshan Malinga conceded their runs at more than 11.50.

Srikkanth said on his YouTube Channel, “If you play with Harshal Patel and Unadkat as your main bowlers, only god can save them. How long can they continue to manage with this fake bowling? Eventually, you need some good bowlers. It’s not just a judgment based on one match. And yet they keep hyping about scoring 300 with the bat. Their bowling can’t go on with these kinds of bowlers. They’ll need 400 with this bowling.”

“SRH bowling is seriously terrible. They are opening with Nitish Kumar Reddy. I can’t even understand the logic behind that. Payne just took a fluke two wickets. Malinga got smashed. How long can they do with this kind of bowling lineup? Even if Cummins comes back, this bowling looks too weak. The speeds of these bowlers are also so low. Playing guys like Payne, they have no scope.”

The 1983 World Cup-winning player praised Devdutt Padikkal for his superb knock. Padikkal scored an unbelievable knock of 61 runs off just 26 balls against SRH as he batted at the top of his game.

“It was an extraordinary knock. This proves again that if you do well in domestic cricket and return to the basics, you’ll do well at higher levels. By going back to the basics, you correct yourself and come back. He played effortless shots. He finished off the SRH bowling,” said Srikkanth (via the aforementioned source).

RCB will next take on Chennai Super Kings at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on April 5.