Muttiah Muralitharan lost his cool: The start of SRH’s downfall in IPL 2022

Muttiah Muralitharan, who is the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s spin-bowling coach, lost him cool after the team’s loss in against Gujarat Titans. A video of the Sri Lanka legend yelling “Why the f**k is he bowling full” from the dugout went viral on social media. 

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Since the game, Kane Williamson and co have lost three more matches and are on a four-game losing streak. 

SRH had started their IPL 2022 campaign with two consecutive defeats. The team came back by winning five matches in a row. They are currently placed on seventh rung on the points table with five wins and six losses. The 2016 champions cannot afford to drop anymore points if they want to make it to the playoffs. 

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Sunrisers Hyderabad face Kolkata Knight Riders at the MCA Stadium, Pune on Sunday. 

Former India batter Mohammad Kaif said that Muralitharan losing his cool derailed SRH’s campaign. South Africa pacer Marco Jansen failed the defend 22 runs in the last over when the former Sri Lanka player yelled in the dugout. 

Kaif, in an interview on Sportskeeda Cricket, said that SRH are not the strong team they seemed to be. The management had dropped Jansen after the loss against Gujarat Titans and roped in young India pacer Karthik Tyagi. 

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“I don’t think they are now the strong team that SRH once was in fast bowling. Since they’ve dropped Jansen, they went to Kartik Tyagi. They went to some other bowler. I don’t think they are the same team any more. The SRH side which made a comeback with five-match winning streak after losing the first two games had four bowlers in Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, and Jansen. These four bowlers won them matches but now they’re not playing together,” Kaif said. 

The former India player further added that Muralitharan showin anger broke the team’s rhythm. 

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“Also, another problem was when Muttiah Muralitharan (SRH spin bowling coach) showed his anger in the dressing room during the game where Rashid Khan slammed Jansen for sixes (in a match against GT). That match broke SRH’s rhythm. What happened with KKR has happened here too. The moment you shout or show anger in the dressing room…Muralitharan is usually a calm and composed person but he lost cool at Jansen there. When you do these things, the team atmosphere isn’t at a good space. Jansen was dropped after that game. Jansen has done well throughout the IPL 2022, but if you drop him and play Kartik Tyagi…I didn’t understand that decision at all,” Kaif added.