Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) didn’t seem like a team that had won five games in a row. After Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowled SRH out for 165 and secured a seven-wicket win in their IPL 2026 match on Sunday, Ambati Rayudu was asked about it.
Rayudu disagreed, saying, “They actually looked like a team after five wins because they have been complacent.” He said, “Proper complacency, because they thought they could get away with no planning, or anything would work for them.
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Once you get on a roll, you feel like everything is going to work. And against a team that is struggling in the tournament, you fancy your chances. I somehow don’t think they got their planning right.
“In an afternoon game in Hyderabad, you know that the ball generally stops and comes. It’s not an easy wicket to bat on since SRH chose to bat. Later on, it becomes better. They should have known that because most of these guys have played there for a couple of years or more. I think it’s bad planning to start off with.”
Will SRH really missed chance?
SRH is still at No. 3. With Punjab Kings (PBKS) losing later that day to Gujarat Titans (GT), SRH moved to the top with a win. They really missed their chance. Their head coach, Daniel Vettori, attributed the loss to losing wickets at key moments in the game, especially to Varun Chakravarthy (3 for 36) and Sunil Narine (2 for 31), and also to Kartik Tyagi (2 for 30). All six KKR bowlers who bowled managed to take at least one wicket.
“I think we got off to a great start and couldn’t capitalize on that,” Vettori said. “We lost some wickets at crucial times, and when you end up with 160, it’s incredibly difficult to defend, even if the wicket was a little bit slow. I believe we had enough fight in there after the power play to give us a small chance, but they managed to chase really well.”
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