IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad Best XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad has been one of the most consistent teams in the history of IPL cricket. Since winning the tournament in 2016, the Hyderabad franchise made it to the playoffs every season.

Inspirational leadership aided by shrewd coaching staff always put SRH in the frontrunners list. The franchise battled injuries and yet made it to the playoffs last season.

This season the team added Kedar Jadhav in the IPL 2021 auction to combat with the middle order worries.

Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rehman is also a new addition to the team and will be used in spinning conditions.

The bowling line up comprising of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Rashid Khan and others is quite formidable and puts opposition on the backfoot. All-rounder Jason Holder has been quite influential with the bat and ball last season and would like to repeat his performance again.

Wriddhiman Saha excelled as a opening batsman which helped the team to weather difficulties last season. Warner’s inspirational captaincy coupled by the calm effect of Kane Williamson keeps the team grounded to reality and go about  their tasks on match to match basis.

Our Best Playing XI for Sunrisers Hyderabad is basically subject to availability of Kane Williamson. In his absence we also have drafted a Alternate XI.

SRH Best XI:

David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem/Sandeep Sharma

In case of unavailability of Kane Williamson, Sunrisers can go with the following playing XI.

Alternate XI:

David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem/Sandeep Sharma

SRH play their first match of IPL 2021 against Kolkata Knight Riders on 11th April. The match begins at 730pm IST at Chennai.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad:

Squad Size: 25

Batsmen
David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Kedar Jadhav

Wicket Keepers
Jonny Bairstow, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha

All Rounders
Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith

Bowlers
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman