IPL 2020 Team Prediction: Possible Playing XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Team in IPL 13

IPL’s 13th edition is set to occur in this year, 2020, and with that, the IPL Auction for 2020 has already seen the light of day a few days ago in Kolkata. SRH or Sunrisers Hyderabad has used funds wisely as the team didn’t spend mammoth amounts on a few particular players. They grabbed Indian stars who might prove worthy if used properly. The two Indians signing their contract with the team are the Indian U-19 skipper Priyam Garg and new talent Virat Singh. Apart from that, the franchise got Marsh and Allen in the overseas section also. So, what could be the strongest possible XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020? To know more, keep reading on.

What’s Plausible for SRH?

The Hyderabad-based franchise is expected to avoid major alterations to their playing XI, for the team comprised a great bunch of players in the year 2019. Their four overseas players are expected to remain the same as before.

Full Squad of SRH in IPL 2020

David Warner, Kane Williamson, Virat Singh, Manish Pandey, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Khaleel Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Billy Stanlake, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Fabian Allen, Rashid Khan, Sanjay Yadav, Mohammad Nabi, Wriddhiman Saha, Jonny Bairstow, Bavanaka Sandeep, and Shreevats Goswami.

Bairstow & Warner are Going to be the Openers

David Warner & the English wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow had previously stolen the show with their exploits in 2019. They also formed an incredible partnership that helped the team qualify for the play-offs.

Warner smashed about 692 runs in 12 matches at a 69.20 average. His strike rate stood at 143.86. Jonny Bairstow, on the other hand, mauled bowlers with his smashes that fetched about 445 runs in 10 matches with a highest score of 114 runs. Let’s now wait and watch for their 2020 opening odyssey! Fingers crossed!

Garg, Williamson and Pandey in the Middle Order

Williamson’s captaincy has been skillful so far. Apart from his captaincy skills, he is also amazing with the bat. It’s expected that he is going to continue his stellar run with the bat in this edition too.

Pandey is already in his best form ever since he had an amazing run in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2019, where he led Karnataka to the title. Besides, he even had an amazing IPL season in 2019 with around 12 matches and 344 runs!

U-19 captain Priyam Garg has great things lined up for him! As per what’s been expected, he could be a starter from the word go owing to his batting abilities and understanding of the game.

Meet the Bowlers

The team had a bowling line-up last year with the fast bowlers leading the side from the front. SRH is possibly expected to continue with them this year too. Expect Khaleel Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Sandeep Sharma to be their first-choices for seam bowling and also Siddharth Kaul as a back-up.

The Two All-Rounders

Rashid Khan had already evolved as a talented player over the last few years. Apart from the usual tag as a mystery spinner he is a hard-hitting batsman as well. He will remain a continual fixture in the playing XI. After all, he is the player who grabbed around 17 wickets in 2019 at an economy rate of 6.28. The best figures that he achieved were 3/21, showcasing the exceptional talent of this youngster. His batting skills are also bound to surprise his fans this time around.

Another all-rounder is Vijay Shankar who will be in the team in IPL 2020. He also performed well last year when he smashed around 244 runs from 15 matches.

The Wicket-Keeper

Wriddhiman Saha is not just one of the best wicket-keepers that India has ever produced, but he is fantastic with the bat as well. Hence, Hyderabad is expected to play Saha as the wicket-keeper with Bairstow as a specialist opener.

Predicted Playing XI of SRH in IPL 2020

David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Priyam Garg, Kane Williamson (C), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, and Khaleel Ahmed.

Hence, this is what you can call the strongest possible XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020.  What more do you expect?