IPL 2024: SRH’s strength and weakness: Head’s batting remains aggressive, bowling is strong with the arrival of Cummins-Unadkat

IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad, which finished at the bottom in the last season, has appointed Pat Cummins, who made Australia the world champion, as the captain for the Indian Premier League 2024. The team has changed the captaincy for the fourth consecutive season. Earlier, Aiden Markram was leading the team.

Hyderabad’s team will start its campaign against Kolkata on March 23 in Kolkata. The team has to play four matches in the first 2 weeks.

Bought Pat Cummins for Rs 20 crore; Hasaranga, Head, Unadkat and Akash bought cheaply

Sunrisers Hyderabad bought 6 players by spending Rs 30.80 crore in the auction. Among them, 4 were capped players and all four are excellent. The team can also hand over the captaincy to Pat Cummins worth Rs 20.50 crore. Vanindu Hasaranga, Head, Unadkat and Akash Singh became part of the squad at a very low price.

Hasaranga has returned from Test retirement and has been included in the 17-member squad for the two-match series in Bangladesh. The series will run till April 4. Due to this, he will not be available for the first three matches of the IPL.

Mayank Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram are already in the team. Wicketkeeping is done by names like Glenn Phillips and Heinrich Klaasen, while the bowling is led by Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat.

Possible playing-11

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat.
Impact Player- Washington Sundar.

Strength

• The franchise has bought Pat Cummins, who won 2 ICC trophies for Australia last year, for Rs 20 crore. In the form of Cummins, the team has got a great all-rounder and leader.
• Head’s arrival has brought more aggressive batting. The team has batsmen like Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal and Aiden Markram. In such a situation, Head’s joining has made the batting stronger. Not only this, the team’s batting has become aggressive.
• Hasranga-Unadkat are increasing the bowling option The team has fast bowlers like Umran Malik and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In such a situation, the bowling has become stronger with the arrival of Unadkat and spin all-rounder Hasranga.

Weakness

• The franchise is constantly changing its leadership. This year, along with the captain, the coach has also been changed. In such a situation, the effect of constant change in leadership can be seen in the performance.
• The lack of an Indian batsman can be felt. There is no big Indian batsman in the team. In such a situation, Hyderabad can feel the lack of an Indian batsman. All the foreign batsmen are top class, so there will be confusion in the playing-11.
• Hyderabad’s middle order is weak. Apart from Fazal Haq Farooqi, there is no specialist spinner. In such a situation, the team may struggle in some matches.