Sunrisers Hyderabad, after winning against Mumbai Indians in the home-leg of the series, now face the away challenge.
MI is still struggling to find a win and would come at SRH, all guns blazing at their home ground at Wankhede. Here’s the predicted XI Of Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar might make a comeback after suffering a telling blow to the elbow. The absence of Dhawan and Warner was felt in the last game against Chennai Super Kings.
Apart from that, Dhawan has been in the form of his life and Laxman would want to tap into his flow of runs.
Wriddhiman Saha
Saha batting lower down the order would not benefit SRH like it did in the last match against CSK.
The wicketkeeper-batsman was forced down the order in order to accommodate Bhui at the opening slot, which did not work for Moody and co. from both ends.
Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson perhaps played the best knock in the tournament so far, in a losing cause. The Kiwi brought his team back to the chase from nowhere and almost sealed it for his side.
Williamson scored a handsome 84 off just 51 deliveries, to create panic in the CSK dressing room. His captaincy also has been spot-on, compensating for Warner in both departments.
Manish Pandey
Pandey, after scoring a half-century against KXIP, went after Chahar too early and gave his wicket away cheaply.
After shelling out a whopping 11 crores for his services, SRH is not seeing Pandey put a price on his wicket this season.
Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan, after being forced to warm the benches for KKR last summer, finds a more indispensable role at his new franchise, with bat and ball.
The Bangladeshi talisman has not disappointed until now. Hasan brought life into Sunrisers’ run chase in partnership with Williamson at the other end.
For Laxman and co., the icing on the cake would be Hasan being amongst the wickets along with his economic spells of bowling.
Deepak Hooda
Deepak Hooda, after heroics against Mumbai Indians, will be welcomed at the Wankhede in a special way. Since that knock at Hyderabad, Hooda hasn’t had much to do. Although him at the lower order provides calm, composure and hitting abilities for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf Pathan exactly showed why he is still renowned as a game-changer. SRH were down and out in the run chase with too much to do.
However, Pathan’s blistering knock of 45 off just 27 deliveries wrecked havoc in the CSK camp and also helped SRH almost chase down the total, bringing down the margin of defeat, helping their net run-rate.
Pathan’s knock was special as it contained four towering hits over the fence under pressure.
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan, day in and day out, surprises one and all with his immense potential, with both bat and ball.
The Afghan kept SRH’s hopes in the final over with his 4-ball 17, containing two sixes and boundary, at a strike rate of 425.
Sandeep Sharma
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is scheduled to miss out the tie against Mumbai Indians. Therefore, the ideal replacement would be Sandeep Sharma who impressed in the game against Royals as Bhuvi’s replacement and picked up a couple of wickets.
Billy Stanlake
Billy Stanlake continues to bowl 150 Kmph rockets at bowlers, making it difficult for the batsmen to cope with the extra bounce. However, he was on the expensive side in the game against Chennai Super Kings.
Siddharth Kaul
Siddharth Kaul has been one of the most impressive death bowlers in the tournament and surprisingly bowled at express pace.
Kaul has touched the 148-kmph mark in this tournament, to become the fifth quickest in the tournament so far.