5 Options Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have to trim down their squad to 24 players

5. Sandeep Bavanaka

Local lad Sandeep Bavanaka turned 28 earlier this year and is no stranger to the domestic cricket scene having represented Hyderabad since 2010. He tried his luck at trials with different franchises last year and was delighted to find out that his home team Sunrisers Hyderabad had acquired his services for his base price of 20 lakh INR.

When Sandeep was 4 years old, his father changed his batting style and converted him from a right-hander to left-hander. He was the leading run-scorer for Hyderabad in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 400 runs in four matches. In domestic T20 matches, Bavanaka 734 runs in 34 innings at an average of 28.23. He has two half centuries to his name in the shortest format of the game.

Sandeep made good use of the generosity to begin his senior career with a bang, by smashing a century on Ranji Trophy debut against Jharkhand in 2010. There has been no looking back since. Cricket also got him a satisfying job, as an Inspector in the Income Tax department. Now, it’s all about raiding rival teams on the cricket field ground. But his dream to make IPL debut might not come true this year.