3 reasons why it is getting difficult for SRH now to qualify for playoffs

The fans had some high hopes for the World Cup champion skipper Pat Cummins leading the IPL 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024. The team somewhere also lived up to the expectations at the beginning of the tournament when they posted some highest totals in the history of the Indian Premier League.

But they have been seen struggling in the last couple of matches which led them to slip to the fourth spot of the points table of the tournament. However, SRH are also in danger of getting knocked out of the tournament as they have a few tough matches to play later in the tournament.

With that said, here we’ll have a look at the 3 reasons why it is getting difficult for SRH now to qualify for playoffs.

Here’s a look at 3 reasons for the potential exit of SRH from the playoff race:

Tough matches against LSG, and GT since both these teams are in the fray for playoffs

SRH have their 3 matches remaining in the tournament after playing a total of 11 matches so far. But now they have their next two quite tough matches against the Lucknow Super Giants and the Gujarat Titans who are also in the quest for making it to the playoff stage of the tournament.

Notably, LSG is just a spot behind SRH on the 5th spot with 6 wins and 5 defeats in 11 matches, the same number that SRH have. On the other hand, the Gujarat Titans might also ruin the SRH hopes by coming up with a shocking win in their game against Pat Cummins’ men.

Need to win all the remaining games, even if they lose one, they will be dependent on other teams

At the moment, SRH are in the 4th spot but they are on the brink of exit by a very narrow margin. So, they now ought to win all of their remaining matches to secure their berth in the playoff stage of the tournament.

Even if SRH loses any of their remaining three games against LSG, GT and PBKS, respectively, they will feel dependent on the other teams and the results of the other matches to confirm their qualifications in the playoffs.

Chasing continues to be a problem for SRH and if they chase in coming matches, batting capability will be under the scanner

Undoubtedly, SRH have achieved some great scores while batting first in the few initial matches of the tournament; but batting second-inning batting or chasing is still a trick to solve for SRH in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 and this problem has been reflected in all the matches in which they got to chase the target.

So, even if they manage to chase down the targets in the coming matches, it will be a big test for their mighty batting attack