IPL 2020: 5 last year heroes who have been duds in this season

4. Jonny Bairstow

The Sunrisers Hyderabad have been dealt a massive blow with the hip injury to the leader of their bowling attack, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. It further aggravates the team’s problems of not having enough in-form players in their squad. Apart from Rashid Khan, most of their players have been rusty including, their last year’s messiah, Jonny Bairstow. The Englishman has not been in the best of form.

Agreed, that he has scored a couple of half-centuries, but it is not what is expected of him. He is one of the most dangerous white-ball players in the current scenario as he can single-handedly demolish any opposition bowling attack. And it is there where Bairstow hasn’t lived up to the billing. He has let down his team with his lack of responsibility to the team.

It is evident from his outings against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, where he played reckless shots when the team was in a precarious situation in run-chases. Especially in the game against RCB, he failed to capitalize on his chances even when the opposition dropped him twice. In the end, the team fell short by ten runs. Even his run-tally is mediocre with 144 runs in 5 outings, a considerable drop from last season where he piled on 445 in just 10 games.