Team-wise areas of concern ahead of the second leg of IPL 2021
Teams need to work on the chinks in their armour before the tournament restarts.
8. Sunrisers Hyderabad – Middle Order
Sunrisers Hyderabad were having an absolute nightmare of a season before the event was suspended as they could only win one game out of seven. They even sacked their captain, David Warner, and appointed Kane Williamson, but even that didn’t work as they were defeated quite comfortably by RR.
One of the main reasons behind their poor form was their middle order’s consistent failures. Their middle order was the main culprit in almost all of their losses. In their game against RCB, they needed 35 runs in the last four overs with 8 wickets in hand but lost by six runs. Against MI, they failed to chase 31 runs in four overs, and against DC, Virat Singh, Kedar Jadhav, and Abhishek Sharma completely slowed down the innings before Williamson dragged them to the Super Over.
No one has fired for them in the middle order and they depend far too much on Kane Williamson for solidity during the middle overs. If they are to improve their performances in the 2nd half, the middle order has to step up, or else the team could set a few embarrassing records.
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