Just like Hyderabadi biriyani this team used to be top heavy previously, with a solitary cup back in 2009, six years before. Renovated SRH are in search for their second trophy.
The best bowling attack across all teams in IPL: Seam, swing, bounce and almost all varieties of bowlers are available in their squad with few world classes names like Dale Steyn, Trent Boult and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Interestingly, Ishant Sharma the former Indian spearhead may not find a spot in XI, so does Praveen Kumar.
Pocket size dynamite David Warner - their skipper and once very consistent Shikhar Dhawan are both vital cogs in their batting unit followed by young KL Rahul and Naman Ojha.
Weaknesses
Apart from Moises Henriques they don’t have too many well-known all-rounders. There is Ravi Bopara, but his batting isn’t in great form and the Pomes don’t use his bowling skills these days. A big explosive finish will misfire once in a while.
Among bowlers, a slog over specialist’s absence might hurt them. Dale Steyn bowls good lengths, Bhuvi bowls good yorkers, (both pretty much new ball bowlers) but the decision in utilizing Boult (no mug in the slog overs) as a wicket-taker or a defender will be key.
In Parvez Rasool, Ashish Reddy, Karn Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Rahul & Ojha SRH has 4-5 young players and fine tuning them should pay high rewards in future.
'Steamrolling opposition' - this term can be achieved by this team with some consistency if captained aggressively like the Kiwi’s.
In aplenty usually flat, dry Deccan plateau home tracks nullifying their sharp fast attack, the pace of Bhuvi after his injury, Eoin Morgan the single digit legend to name a few.
Tom Moody and VVS - the odd Indo-Oz combo should work on few surprise tricks up their sleeve i.e. mystery is required to push over big teams like RCB and CSK. Orthodox strategies might fail.
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