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Vettori admits poor bowling after RCB's dominant chase

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SRH coach Daniel Vettori admitted his team's bowling was poor in their IPL 2026 opener against RCB.

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  • Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) coach Daniel Vettori described his team's bowling performance against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as one of their poorer performances.
  • SRH posted a total of 201 runs for 9 wickets against RCB.
  • RCB chased down SRH's target of 202 runs in 15.4 overs.
  • Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal scored rapid half-centuries for RCB.
  • Daniel Vettori cited missed lengths and a lack of discipline in SRH's bowling as reasons for the defeat.

What They Said

"I think we understand where the game's gone and how destructive that RCB batting line-up is. You have to get a good start, which we did against [Phil] Salt, but then I just think we weren't at our best with the ball, we weren't as disciplined as we needed to be, and we gave a lot of scoring opportunities to Virat and Padikkal, who played exceptionally well."
— Daniel Vettori, SRH head coach (interview)
"I thought the way his [Padikkal's] intent, when he came out, put us right back under pressure, where we should have been able to maintain a little bit more after getting that important wicket of Salt. So it was a very good batting performance by RCB and one of our poorer bowling performances."
— Daniel Vettori, SRH head coach (interview)
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