Sunrisers Hyderabad, which finished at the bottom in the IPL 2023 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 commanding the team.
Hyderabad team will start its campaign against Kolkata on 23 March in Kolkata. The team has to play four matches in the first 2 weeks.
Sunrisers Hyderabad bought 6 players by spending Rs 30.80 crore in the auction. There were 4 capped players among them and all four are excellent. The team can also hand over the captaincy to Pat Cummins worth Rs 20.50 crore. Waninduhsaranga, Head, Unadkat and Akash Singh became part of the squad at very low prices.
Pat Cummins (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Impact Player: Washington Sundar.
Wanindu Hasaranga has returned from Test retirement and has been included in the 17-man squad for the two-match series in Bangladesh. This series will run till April 4. For this reason he will not be available for the first three matches of IPL.
Mayank Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram are already in the team. There are names like wicketkeeping Glenn Phillips and Heinrich Klaasen, while the bowling is commanded by Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat.
Captain: The franchise has bought Pat Cummins, who won Australia 2 ICC trophies last year, for Rs 20 crore. The team has got an excellent all-rounder and leader in Cummins.
Batting: The team has batsmen like Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal and Aiden Markram. In such a situation, batting has become stronger with the addition of Head. Not only this, the team's batting has become aggressive.
Bowling: Hasaranga-Unadkat The team has fast bowlers like Umran Malik and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who are increasing the bowling options. In such a situation, the bowling has become stronger with the arrival of Unadkat and spin all-rounder Hasaranga.
Frequent changes in leadership: The franchise is constantly changing its leadership. This year the coach has also been changed along with the captain. In such a situation, the impact of frequent changes in leadership can be seen on performance.
Lack of Indian batsman: The team may be disappointed by the fact that there is no big Indian batsman in the team. In such a situation, Hyderabad may feel the lack of an Indian batsman. All the foreign batsmen are top class, in such a situation the confusion regarding playing-11 will increase.
Middle order is weak: There is weakness in the middle order of Hyderabad. Apart from Fazal Haq Farooqui, there is no specialist spinner. In such a situation, the team may have to struggle in some matches.
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