IPL 2023: Will Aiden Markram be Able to Make SRH the Champion Again? Know the Strengths and Weaknesses of Sunrisers

IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad: In the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Hyderabad team will be seen in a new style. This team has an army of fighting young players more than one. At the same time, this team has also got such a captain in the form of Aiden Markram, who has no answer in T20 cricket. Recently, under the captaincy of Markram, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, the sub-franchise of Sunrisers, won the title in the South Africa T20 League. Now the onus is on him to maintain the same luck and form in IPL. Under his leadership, this team full of young enthusiasm is looking no less than anyone.

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Since becoming the champion in the year 2016, the performance of Sunrisers Hyderabad has gone down. The team is waiting for its second title. In such a situation, there is a lot of pressure on Markram, who recently made the franchise the champion in South Africa. This team also has a young and brave captain, so Abhishek Sharma impressed a lot in the opening last year. Rahul Tripathi who is the star batsman of this team has now got international exposure as well. Apart from him, Umran Malik can also become more dangerous after making a splash in international cricket this season. Everyone’s eyes will be on the return of T Natarajan, then all the lively players like Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips and Harry Brook strengthen this team.

What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the team?

First of all, talking about the strength of Sunrisers, this team is looking very strong and balanced in every attack from beginning to end. Mayank Agarwal has joined the team along with Abhishek Sharma to open the innings. In the middle order, there are strong players like Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Marrkaram, Glenn Phillips and Harry Brook. Heinrich Klaasen, who has shown a blistering game for South Africa, can play the role of wicketkeeper for the team. Washington Sundar is also capable of batting after these 7 batsmen. Then Umran Malik, T Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar can be seen in bowling. That is, this team has a very strong batting order.

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If the franchise wants to add a bowler, then Phillips or Klaasen can bring in Marco Jansson in place of one. Handing wicketkeeping to one of them. Where Yanson bowls 3-4 overs in bowling, he is also capable of batting. This final 11 which comes out to this team can prove to be very dangerous. Now if we look at the weakness. Then this team does not have any foreign bowler except Fazal Haq Farooqui in the pace battery. It seems difficult to be in the place of Farooqi. The way Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been performing of late and T Natarajan making a comeback. This could prove to be the weak link. In such a situation, the responsibility may increase on Umran Malik and the team management would also like to consider it. The team will start their campaign against Rajasthan Royals on 2nd April.

SRH’s Possible Playing 11

Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram (c), Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad

Aiden Markram (c), Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Janson, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Karthik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanveer Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akil Hossain, Anmolpreet Singh.