Rating teams based on their performance in first week of IPL 2021

6. Sunrisers Hyderabad – 7/10

While they have lost two matches early on, SRH wouldn’t find it really hard to make a comeback in the tournament. They have lost with the slightest of margins in both their games and it’s their chasing that needs to get better at any cost. SRH has a near-perfect top order and bowling line up but they lack the firepower in the middle overs. 

There’s been a lot of criticism thrown around Manish Pandey but he has tried his best to win both games for his team. It’s guys like Abdul Samad and Vijay Shankar who need to step up and prove why they have been backed so well by their franchise. Both of them are talented and have the capability to face pressure situations.

When it comes to bowling, SRH would expect just a bit better from Bhuvneshwar Kumar although he did his job in the last game. Jason Holder has been really good since his inclusion in the latter half of the 2020 edition of IPL. Wriddhiman Saha is expected to do better too, considering he failed to even get a start in the last couple of games.