The two new teams are really strong and they are able to field a winning combination in their first tournament which is really great. I never expected a turnaround like this as i expected them to take a long time to play together as a team but surprisingly they are the best teams in the tournament with a well balanced team and they can win the tournament with the way they are playing.
It is surprising. Two new teams are on the top of the table, and the irony is that the teams that are considered as heavyweights are all outside the top-4. Look at teams such as Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. These teams have won the championship the most number of times, and now they are languishing at the bottom of the points table. In case of Mumbai, it has been a horrendous season so far. They won two of their matches lately, but before that lost 8 matches consecutively.
These two new teams have a majority of new players who are eager to prove themselves. CSK, MI and KKR are full of established players and old players too. KL Rahul has previously failed as a captain and in this season he has proven that he can handle captainship very well. Hardik Pandya has also show that he can handle captainship without jeopardizing his performance. It all about getting attention of the selectors and being ready for the next role.