Rating all teams according to their death bowling in IPL 2020

The Indian Premier League is the kind of a tournament, whose every match is full of adrenaline rush and emotional moments. While the fans enjoy watching all the fierce competition and tension that goes on the field, it is the players whose mental and physical capabilities are put to test during the last five overs of the innings. It is the time when the race towards victory, starts getting affected by the smallest of margins.

During these tense situations, when every run counts, the captain of every team wants to give away the least number of runs and looks towards the best magicians with the ball in his team. The bowlers in these situations, often tend to show the best of what they have in them and get their teams to victory.

So, here’s a look at the ratings of every team in terms of their death bowling abilities for the 2020 edition of Indian Premier League:

1. Sunrisers Hyderabad (8/10)

Looking at the array of players they have, before the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League starts, the Sunrisers would be more than happy with what they have at their disposal. The players that they have managed to pick up to choose their XI from, are extremely talented and have a name for themselves in the shortest format of the sport, especially, while playing in franchise-based tournaments, like the IPL.

Right from experienced spinners like Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan to pacers like Billy Stanlake, T Natrajan and Sandeep Sharma– they have it all. Now, all their captain, David Warner, along with the coach Trevor Bayliss and VVS Laxman will have to do throughout the season is to pick out the best combination of these talented lads and make them play according to the situation and pitch conditions, in both home and away games.

The only thing that would concern them would be the absence of Bhvnseshwar Kumar from their line up possibly throughout the season, owing to an injury he picked up last year. Buhvneshwar has been an integral part of the SRH bowling line up over the years and used to be the guiding light for all the youngsters in the squad, who almost in every tense situation, sought advice from the two-time purple cap winning pacer.

Even if Bhuvneshwar comes in halfway through the tournament, the BCCI could issue an advisory to the Hyderabad management regarding his participation in matches, in order to risk his chances of participating in the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia.