Get ready for rain of sixes and fours, Sunrisers Hyderabad have 'fire' in this team
Sunrisers Hyderabad has gone through a lot of changes. This season the team has changed its captain. Pat Cummins, who earned 20.5 crores in the IPL auction, has been made the captain. Do Sunrisers Hyderabad have what it takes to win the IPL? What will be the strongest playing eleven of this team?
With just a little time left for the start of IPL 2024, all the teams are busy preparing to become champions. The only objective is to win the glittering trophy of IPL. As usual, among the title contenders, people say that Chennai and Mumbai are leading the race, but there is one team that opponents are making a mistake to ignore this season. This team is Sunrisers Hyderabad. This season, the bowling unit of this team is very strong, equipped with excellent batsmen.
A strong Sunrisers team
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the IPL in the year 2016. Since then, the sun has set on Sunrisers. But for IPL 2024, this team has made itself more balanced and powerful by taking amazing decisions. Let's take a look at the 11 players who could be included in Sunrisers' strong playing XI.
Travis Head and Mayank Agarwal will open
Sunrisers Hyderabad batting is very strong. This time Mayank Agarwal and Travis Head can be seen opening for the team. Who is not aware of Travis Head's batting? The left-handed batsman destroyed Team India's title aspirations by scoring a century in the World Cup final. Now this player is in Sunrisers Hyderabad. Apart from this, Hyderabad has placed a huge bet of Rs 8.25 crore on Mayank Agarwal. Mayank is also known for his fast batting.
Markram, Klaasen, Tripathi in the middle order
Sunrisers Hyderabad's middle order is very strong. Rahul Tripathi, Aidan Markram and Henrik Klaassen give this team a great balance. Tripathi is known for his aggressive batting. Aidan Markram was the captain last season but this season he will play as a batsman and it will be better for him to take the pressure of captaincy off his head. Henrik Klaasen's role will be very important. Because Klaasen bats tremendously against spinners. Klaasen knows very well how to not let the spinners settle down and if he gets going, you understand that there will be no stopping Hyderabad.
Bowling is the strength of Sunrisers
Sunrisers do not have a famous all-rounder but they have three players in the form of Washington Sundar, Pat Cummins, Shahbaz Ahmed who can excel in bowling as well as batting. Known for batting along with Sundar's spin. While Pat Cummins has tremendous wicket-taking ability. Sunrisers' bowling department is also balanced. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the king of swing while Umran Malik's speed is also amazing. Death over specialist like T Natarajan is also in this team.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing XI:
Travis Head, Mayank Aggarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aidan Markram, Henrik Klaassen, Washington Sundar, Pat Cummins, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.