17 May,2017 11:50 AM IST | Bangalore | Satish Viswanathan
Two left-handers, both openers, also captains of their respective teams, facing off in the Eliminator, can't get more eerie you would think but there is more, as Tom Moody, the coach of Sun Risers Hyderabad put it
Sunrisers' coach Tom Moody
Two left-handers, both openers, also captains of their respective teams, facing off in the Eliminator, can't get more eerie you would think. There is more, as Tom Moody, the coach of Sun Risers Hyderabad put it, "both are captains who like to lead from the front and do it successfully."
However, while David Warner's headaches for this evening's game centres more on fitness worries (Ashish Nehra is out while Yuvraj Singh has to pass a fitness test), with Gautam Gambhir, it is more a case of making a tactical call, something he normally does very well.
"In a way, KKR have their own headaches," agreed Moody. "The inclusion of (Sunil) Narine upfront has thrown their middle order into a bit of confusion because you've got two players batting at three and four (Gambhir and Robin Uthappa) who are so used to batting at one and two and they have been successful at one and two," said Moody. "But I am more concerned about our balance and their role clarity as opposed to the issues that may concern them," he added.
The coach, understandably, didn't want to make any predictions about the game but was confident of his team's plans. "We have played KKR twice and we have seen how they go about the power play period and so far we have been successful in nullifying that. Yes, they got off to flier here against RCB. We hope we don't bowl quite as inconsistently as that," said Moody.
No one expects them to, not KKR either, for the Bhuvneshwar Kumar led attack has built up quite a reputation.
