Hyderabad wicket is challenging: Moody

Former Australia all-rounder and Sunrisers Hyderabad chief coach Tom Moody today said that the pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here was challenging but not bad.
Moody said this on the eve of their Indian Premier League match against Chennai Super Kings.
"We feel there has been a number of games that teams, including ours, have not scored what we felt a par score on it. I think we have bowled particularly well on it, at times our opponents, too, bowled well on it. I think it is not as bad as it looks statistically. It is decently good surface," Moody said.

"I am sure tomorrow it is going to be on a new wicket again. I am sure it will be a good contest between bat and ball," he added.
Sunrisers have so far won all the five matches at their home ground.
Moody said bowling coach Waqar Younis has been a great asset for the team.

"Waqar has been a great asset to us. Someone of his stature and experience has been of great help not only to the playing 11 but also for support staff. He has passed on a lot of wisdom to all the players and we planned well," the Aussie said of the former Pakistan captain.

Asked about the preparations for the match against CSK, he said the boys were looking forward to it.
"Every player is well prepared physically and mentally. We are looking forward to the contest," he said.
"We have got a clear understanding of what our strategy should be at home. The credit goes to the players, they have executed that very well."
He though, agreed that batting still remained a concern.
"We recognise that on one hand our bowlers have been very good. One of the reasons for that is the surfaces we have been playing on are quite challenging for the batsmen.

"We can't have both. We can't have our batsmen at the top of the run-scoring table in IPL and also have bowlers at the top as well the economy and strike rate.