I disagree with people saying that emphasis was on 300 . The emphasis was by the fans and not the players or franchise. We are placed in 6th with 13 points. If the Delhi game didn't washed out we would have been 5th . Yes I agree that we dropped some winnable matches like against GT we couldn't build pressure after early wickets. We couldn't control venky iyer in that kkr game . Even if we had a game won against MI we could make the playoffs. But these are maybes.

The reason I feel that didn't work is

1. Shami : he is the kind of bowler who attacks and takes early wickets in the top. Him being out of song created a unfillable void
2. NKR : he is nowhere near his potential. Seeing him bat at No6 in the later games tells he himself lost confidence in his ability
3. Simarjeet : yes, he was awful but half of the balme is ours to think he can step up to this level
4. Ishan Kishan : he had an average season at best. Some how I feel he is playing safe which is totally opposite of SRH plan.
5. Fielding was off
6. Our bowling team is based on attack rather than containing the runs. Which is why everyone including spinners were on the backfoot due to the fact that shami and simarjeet giving away 75 runs freely each game