However, Markram is optimistic about good leads to the remaining a part of the continuing IPL. The SRH skipper is aware of the daunting job forward however retains his composure as his facet faces hosts Rajasthan Royals on the SMS Stadium right here on Sunday.
“Unfortunately, we have not done it the way we would have liked it. There were a couple of very close defeats including the last one against KKR. We could not be able to cross the lines. We can’t change what has happened so far. We still have five games, and we are hopeful of good results in those games,” mentioned Markram throughout a pre-match press convention right here on Saturday.
The South African cricketer additionally hasn’t lived as much as his batting potential and did not put up tall scores within the competitors to date. Some of the main batters of the facet together with Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, and Heinrich Klaasen couldn’t rise to the event and had been inconsistent of their type.
“It is not the ideal situation to be in when you are second from the bottom. We need to forget the past and focus on the remaining outings. The competition is stiff, and this is the toughest league. We have not been able to deliver despite trying hard. The positive part is we have been able to put up quite a strong fight in the last couple of matches. We are close but just couldn’t deliver the knockout punch,” mentioned Markram.
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The SRH crew reached Jaipur early and noticed the match when GT beat RR fairly comfortably on Friday. Markram is hoping to capitalize on the shortage of type of RR batters.
“Yeah, we landed yesterday. Obviously, guys go to their rooms and then do their own things to take a bit of off time. But I believe I don’t watch too much of the game. It was kind of on in the background and we saw it. It was a low scoring game, but we saw with Gujarat innings when they added that it’s still a pitch that you can score runs on. So, we’re looking at it from that point of view. We’ll do some proper analysis tonight and then go tomorrow into the game. See exactly how the pitch played and. Hopefully from there we can. Select the team that hopefully can do it. Very well for us tomorrow,” added Markram.
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The 28-year-old Markram praised SRH’s proficient younger middle-order batter Abdul Samad terming him as a “big hitting player”.
“Yeah. I really think Samad is an incredible player, to be honest. He is the perfect T20 player and has got lots of X Factor and is good in the back-end overs. I know from his point of view he might have wanted to win us a game or two by now, but from our point of view it’s about backing a player like that. He’s got a proper X Factor and proper big hitting ability. We need to give him that confidence that we believe in him,” mentioned Markram.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com