Sunrisers Hyderabad went from being one of the most destructive teams of IPL 2024 to one of the worst performing teams of IPL 2025. The kind of downward transition that happened in the last year has been very problematic.
But nevertheless, this IPL 2025 season is not yet done and dusted for Hyderabad at least in terms of theoretical calculations.
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On the points table, Hyderabad might be at ninth position with just three wins in nine games, but the crucial factor here is that they have five more games to make up for it.
Considering the calculations that could potentially play out this year, having eight wins (16 points) could guarantee a place in the playoffs. On that note, Hyderabad will need to win the remaining five games and the top by a considerable margin.
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The crucial and decisive thing here for Hyderabad is to gain a winning momentum in the next couple of games, which happened to be against Gujarat and Lucknow.
Previously Royal Challengers Bengaluru did Something like this in 2024, when they ended up winning six games and qualifying for the play-offs. Hyderabad will have to essentially do something like on these lines this year.
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A win in the next game against Gujarat will take Hyderabad to 8 points which is fairly good on the table and will also boost the confidence of the team after beating the top seed Gujarat.
So this game against Gujarat on May 2 is going to be a mighty crucial one for Hyderabad at multiple levels.
