IPL 2021: Predicting team-wise positions at the end of league stage in UAE

7. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Clueless. Well, that is the word that will describe the state of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) side in the 2021 season of the IPL. The ‘Orange Army’ lost a few matches from seemingly comfortable positions this year, and failed to hold their nerve at crucial phases of a match. And they also removed David Warner as the captain of the side and replaced him with New Zealand legend Kane Williamson.

In fact, such was the abysmal performance of the Hyderabad side this year, that they lost 6 out of the 7 matches that they played. In the 13th IPL edition last year in the UAE, the Hyderabad outfit performed brilliantly and finished the tournament at 3rd place.

And, one of the main reasons for SRH’s success last year was David Warner. He scored 548 runs in the 13th IPL edition at an average of close to 40 and was also a wonderful leader as well. With Jonny Bairstow pulling out, David Warner should be back in the playing XI but that doesn’t solve their problems entirely.

SRH can still hope that things will get slightly better if the tournament shifts to the UAE. They performed exceedingly well last year and posted 7 wins in the league stage. Even though they are almost out of the Playoffs race, the Hyderabad side will look to post a few wins, and will most likely end the tournament at 7th place.