1.
Absence
of
Jonny
Bairstow

The
England
opener
had
decided
to
give
the
second
phase
of
the
IPL
2021
a
skip
for
personal
reasons.
But
the
Sunrisers
Hyderabad
could
not
cope
with
his
absence
at
the
opening
slot.
Bairstow
was
their
top-scorer
in
the
first
leg
with
248
runs
from
7
matches
with
two
fifties.
The
SRH
sorrily
missed
his
firepower
at
the
top
and,
perhaps,
his
presence
would
have
helped
them
to
stay
afloat
in
these
close
matches.

2.
Williamson
and
Warner
disappoint

Skipper
Kane
Williamson
and
former
captain
and
opener
David
Warner
did
not
fire
when
it
was
actually
needed.
Williamson
made
147
runs
from
six
matches
but
66
of
those
runs
came
in
one
match
and
the
next
five
matches
produced
only
81
runs.
Warner
too
presented
a
similar
case.
He
made
two
fifties
in
eight
matches
and
made
195
runs
but
once
the
IPL
2021
resumed,
the
Australian
was
totally
off
colour
and
out
for
low
scores
in
two
matches
in
the
UAE,
severely
impacting
their
chances
in
the
IPL
2021.

3.
Experienced
India
stars
falter

The
Sunrisers
Hyderabad
might
have
pinned
a
lot
of
hopes
on
experienced
India
stars
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
their
former
captain,
and
all-rounder
Vijay
Shankar.
But
both
came
a
cropper
in
IPL
2021.
Bhuvi
played
7
matches
out
of
a
total
9
and
made
just
25
runs
and
managed
to
take
only
4
wickets.
The
pacer
also
gave
runs
aplenty
–
his
economy
standing
at
8.76.

Vijay,
who
missed
the
last
two
matches
because
being
in
isolation
after
coming
to
contact
with
Covid-19
positive
T
Natarajan,
too
stumbled
with
both
bat
and
ball.
From
7
matches,
Vijay
made
58
runs
and
picked
up
only
3
wickets
and
gave
away
more
than
9
runs
per
over.
The
pair’s
underwhelming
efforts
had
a
massive
impact
on
Sunrisers
Hyderabad.

4.
Faltering
Khaleel
Ahmed

T
Natarajan
could
play
only
two
matches
in
the
IPL
2021
as
he
was
limped
off
in
the
first
phase
with
a
leg
injury.
He
might
have
returned
to
the
SRH
fold
with
great
hope
but
a
Covid
19
positive
test
put
paid
to
his
hopes.
In
his
absence,
SRH
pinned
hopes
on
another
left-arm
bowler
Khaleel
Ahmed
but
all
the
pacer
managed
was
4
wickets
from
7
matches
and
conceded
more
than
8
runs
per
over.
Even
others
like
Sandeep
Sharma
and
Siddharth
Kaul
too
disappointed
as
they
struggled
to
take
wickets.