IPL 2024: Most Powerful Playing 11 for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Pat Cummins, the newly appointed captain as we look at the best possible playing 11 for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for IPL 2024.
The Orange Army, Sunrisers Hyderabad have started their IPL 2024 campaign with a bang like the Mumbai Indians. After acquiring the services of Pat Cummins for a record 20.5 Cr, the team also announced Pat Cummins as the new leader of the pack. Cummins has been riding captaincy success off late. He has already won two biggest trophies in the last two years – the WTC 2023 Final and the ODI World Cup 2023 final, both vs India.
With Pat Cummins’ announcement as the Captain of SRH for IPL 2024, the position of Markram also seems uncertain. Markram has been instrumental for SRH in the last two years in the IPL. But removing him as the Captain already sends the signal that the competition is too tough for Markram to keep his place. The likes of Glenn Phillips, Marco Jansen, and Travis Head are already waiting to pounce on the opportunity.
Aside from announcing Pat Cummins as the captain, SRH team does have some really good match-winners in the side. The bowling is good too. But the main question is, can these guys deliver, unlike the last two years? Well, we will have an answer for that, but before let’s analyze the complete players list, and find out the best possible playing 11 for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for IPL 2024.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Latest New Squad Players List for IPL 2024
Batters: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (f), Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi & Travis Head (f)
WKs: Glenn Phillips (f), Heinrich Klaasen (f), Upendra Yadav
All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen (f), Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar & Wanindu Hasaranga (f)
Bowlers: Akash Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi (f), Jaydev Unadkat, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Mayank Markande, Pat Cummins (f), T Natarajan & Umran Malik
IPL 2024 Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Most Powerful Playing 11
Starting with the best openers for Sunrisers Hyderabad for IPL 2024, we should see a completely new opening combination with the addition of Travis Head. While Mayank Agarwal should continue to open as the first-choice option, Abhishek Sharma may get a demotion like last year, and a match-winner like Travis Head may be given an opportunity first as an opener.
Following Head and Mayank should most-likely be the trio of Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, and Henrich Klaasen. This is as good a top 5 as one can get. While Markram and Klaasen have always given good returns, the top-order’s contribution will be quite crucial for SRH’s success. With a solid top 5, the following lower-order doesn’t inspire much confidence for SRH.
Given the options that SRH have, we should most-likely see Abhishek Sharma at 6, Shahbaz Ahmed at 7, and Washington Sundar. The impact player will allow SRH to play all these together. These three will have to step up their batting as bowling-wise, they are more than competent. With these three and Pat Cummins to follow, SRH’s lower-order doesn’t look as shallow as it should have been.
Finally, coming to the bowling lineup, SRH will mostly play the pace trio of Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and T Natarajan to begin with. Meanwhile, with three spin options already there in the form of Sundar, Shahbaz, and Abhishek, SRH may think of playing either Mayank Markande or Umran Malik; depending on the pitch.
IPL 2024 Most Powerful Playing 11 for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Travis Head
- Mayank Agarwal
- Rahul Tripathi
- Aiden Markram
- Heinrich Klaasen (wk)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Washington Sundar
- Pat Cummins (c)
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- T. Natarajan
- Mayank Markande (Impact Player)
So, that’s about the most powerful playing 11 for SUnrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for IPL 2024. Overall, SRH have the names that can help them succeed in the tournament. However, the biggest question shall be how they actually perform. They had a potent lineup in 2022 and 2023 too, but it was the performance that let them down.
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