After the end of the first week of IPL, the Sunrisers Hyderabad look by far the best team in terms of strength and results. The Orange Army will clash against the Kolkata Knight Riders at their fortress at Eden Gardens.
The KKR side is freshly coming off a nail-biting high-scoring thriller at Chennai. Meanwhile, SRH will be looking to assert their dominance outside home as well.
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That said, let us look at the Predicted XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan carried forward his purple patch from International arena into the IPL as he smashed a sublime 45 off just 28 balls. When Dhawan was at the crease, it appeared as if SRH would cruise past the required target. Such is the impact of Dhawan even in the absence of David Warner.
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Wriddhimaan Saha
Saha was beginning to flex his muscles against Mumbai Indians before he was undone by MI’s prized possession Mayank Markande. Saha scored three boundaries in his 22 and would hope to chip in with further important contribution.
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Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson holds an important number three slot for SRH which should direct the tone the innings. The Kiwi gave his wicket away, knicking one to Ishan Kishan.
However, his captaincy has been remarkable in the tournament thus far. With his captaincy, along with the bowling lineup, sides have their task cut to post high scores against SRH.
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Manish Pandey
The highest paid star in the SRH camp, Manish Pandey, got his opportunity to finish the job for his side, after missing out against the Royals. Pandey fell victim to the giant-killing legend of Markande this season. However, one might criticise the shot played by the multi-million dollar man off the mystery spinner.
Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib made an impressive comeback with the ball when Krunal Pandya smashed him for 13 in his over. The wicket of Pandya at that stage applied the brakes on MI’s proceedings.
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It would be interesting to see how he copes up against his former team KKR with whom he clinched the tournaments of 2012 and 2014. As a matter of fact, even Manish Pandey and Yusuf Pathan would find themselves jittery in front of the Kolkata crowd.
Deepak Hooda
Amidst madness at the other end, the Indian International who is yet to make his debut, kept his calm and delivered the key finishing blows in the match which helped SRH win their second match.
Hooda rose up to the expectations and trust provided to him by Laxman and co., who retained his services using the RTM card. It is only a matter of time before we see Hooda donning the blues for India.
Yusuf Pathan
Big-hitting Yusuf Pathan fell victim to mind games from Kieron Pollard and co., as he gave a simple catch to the West Indian interestingly placed at short mid-wicket. Pathan would hope for a better outing in front of his former home crowd at Eden Gardens.
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Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan was a class apart against the Mumbai Indians on Thursday as he bowled 18 dot balls in his spell and bagged the wicket of Ben Cutting.
Effectively, the Afghan teenage sensation bowled three out of his four overs as maidens to clinch the man of the match award, going for 3.25 per over. Rashid won many hearts when he dedicated all his earnings to his friends’ ailing son.
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Siddharth Kaul
Headband sensation, Siddharth Kaul impressed yet again with his spell of bowling which comprised of two important wickets of dangerous looking Evin Lewis and Ishan Kishan. Kaul assured that SRH bowling is in safe hands even without Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Sandeep Sharma
Sandeep Sharma coming in place of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and picking up two wickets only goes to show the depth in SRH’s bowling department. Sandeep was the pick of the seamers as he ended up with two wickets, going at only 5.25 in his four overs.
Billy Stanlake
Even though, the pitch at Hyderabad did not offer much bounce to the 6’8″ bowler. However, the newly laid green pitch at Kolkata is going to keep the KKR batsmen on their toes.
Stanlake will be confident after picking up a couple of wickets and hitting the winning runs for the side.
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