As Jonny Bairstow, Charith Asalanka, and Richard Gleeson joined MI following the unavailability of Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks, and Corbin Bosch due to national duty, former SRH coach Tom Moody said he doesn't mind fresh players joining the team. "It's probably what they need," he stated. Moody added, "[Funnily], it's a way of putting to bed what happened against PBKS."