IPL 2023 | Shikhar Dhawan blames batting unit for loss against SRH

A disappointed Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan blamed the batting unit for failing to mould their game according to the conditions as they lost by 8 wickets to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL in Hyderabad on April 9.

A disappointed Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan blamed the batting unit for failing to mould their game according to the conditions as they lost by eight wickets to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL in Hyderabad on April 9.

Dhawan slammed a 66-ball 99 not out to carry the Punjab team on his shoulders as the other batters cut a sorry figure after being asked to take first strike.

"As a batting unit, we lost too many wickets back to back and couldn't put up a big total on the ground and because of that we lost the game. 175-180 would have been a reasonable score. The wicket looked quite good but it was seaming and swinging," Dhawan said at the post-match presentation.

On his sensational innings, Dhawan, who was adjudged the player of the match, said: "I didn't expect I will reach there at the end of the day but I was playing according to the situation, still keeping positive...

"Of course it was disappointing (seeing wickets keep falling) but the way we thought the wicket was going to play, it was playing differently. It was seaming and sometimes keeping low. But that's a learning process for my batting unit and that's fine.

"I'm very very grateful for 99 because I never thought I'd reach there so I'm very happy."

Chasing 144, SRH romped home in 17.1 overs, riding on a 48-ball 74 not out by Rahul Tripathi.