Sunrisers Hyderabad lost their last match to 5-time champions Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets. This was Hyderabad's third defeat in the last 4 matches. Although Hyderabad has a dangerous batting line-up that can cause serious damage to the opposition's bowling, in the matches the team has lost, the faltering of the key batsmen has been the main reason for the defeat.

Batting first in the match against Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad failed to give a strong target due to their aggressive performance. Apart from Travis Head, other top order batsmen failed to perform well in that match.

Pat Cummins played aggressively in the last overs and scored a respectable score of 35 runs in 17 balls. Abhishek Sharma, who impressed everyone with his attacking ability, reached 30 runs in only one of the last 4 matches.

Furthermore, the lack of consistent performances from Heinrich Clausen and Nitish Reddy in the middle order contributed to Sunrisers Hyderabad's defeat. Meanwhile, the team's bowling has improved in the last few matches. Natarajan has consistently shown great potential. Meanwhile, veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar played a key role in their one-run win against Rajasthan Royals.

Sunrisers Hyderabad has 3 matches left including today's match. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are already strong at the top two positions in the points table.

It is almost certain that both these teams will reach the playoffs. Sunrisers Hyderabad need to win 2 of the remaining 3 matches to reach the top two spots. Same is the condition of Lucknow Super Giants team. Lucknow Supergiants lost their last match to Kolkata Knight Riders by 98 runs. Lucknow scored 235 runs in this match. Chasing a target of more than 200 runs for the first time at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow team was out for 137 runs.

In that match, KL Rahul failed to survive and Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran could not play aggressive games at the required time.

Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner and Krunal Pandya also failed to bat. The absence of Mayank Yadav in bowling has affected the balance of the team. Now Moshin Khan has also been injured due to which his weakness has increased. Due to this, Naveen Ul Haq, Yash Thakur, Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi will have to take additional responsibility.