Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins admitted they were not able to post a par score on the board after seven-wicket loss against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday.

SRH got off to a flying start with Travis Head scoring 61 runs off just 28 balls. When the Australian was dismissed, SRH were 105-2 after nine overs but from there on, the home team kept losing wickets at regular intervals and failed to achieve any impetus with the bat in the middle overs.

Ishan Kishan scored 42 runs off 29 balls but none of the other batters could get going against the KKR bowlers. 

Pat Cummins said in the post-match presentation, “Well, not our best day. We got off to a pretty good start. And then after that, we weren’t at our sharpest. Probably from where we were, we should have found a way to get higher, you know, up around 200 or past 180. But not to be.”

Reflecting on adjusting to the match and pitch conditions, Cummins said, “I think you just got to adapt. I actually thought, 180 was where it started. I thought the way we chose our match-ups really well. And probably the second half didn’t quite choose the moments, myself included.”

The Australia feels 180 would have been a par score and they were easily 15-20 short of where they would have liked to be.

Cummins added, “I think 180, something like that. It did dry up a little bit and slow up. But again, from where we were, I think we should have got 180 plus.”

The SRH skipper said they dragged the match with the ball but admitted his expensive over of 27 runs made a lot of difference.

Cummins concluded, “We still showed a lot of good things. With the bowling unit, we dragged it right to the end. My over costing 27 probably made a difference. So there’s only little moments that can make a big difference.”

Sunrisers Hyderabad will next take on Punjab Kings at Hyderabad on Wednesday.