Indian Premier League 2015: Squad-wise Analysis of Franchises

Indian Premier League 2015: Squad-wise Analysis of Franchises: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 season is just a few days away. The auctions for this IPL was held on February 16^th 2015 in which all the franchisees picked the players available for sale. Yuvraj Singh for the second time in a row became the highest grossing player, as he was bought by Delhi Dardevils (DD) for 16 crore INR.

This IPL will also feature some new players and all together new squads for franchises like Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Indian domestic league will commence on 8^th of April 2015.

The IPL will be one of the most watched tournaments by cricket fans since it will closely follow the World Cup 2015 which concludes on 29^th March 2015.
So we bring to you a preview of the Indian Premier League 2015 with an analysis on each of the 8 IPL teams, their squads, their strengths and the weaknesses.

(P.S: the highlighted players are brought by the franchisee in the IPL 2015 auction.)

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (SRH):

A team that was comprised from the defunct Deccan Chargers and Kochi Tuskers Kerela performed wonderfully in their debut season in 2013. They reached the final four and even played in the Champions League T20. But 2014 proved to be a very disappointing year for the SRH franchise as they failed to qualify for the play-offs and had to be contented with a below par performance.
This time in the auctions held in February though, they invested wisely letting keys players like Amit Mishra go but gaining players like Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson for a steal.

In a recent development , SRH had to let Kevin Pietersen out of his IPL contract because he wished to play in the English County Cricket in an attempt to rekindle his England career. He will come back and be available for selection if the team makes it to the playoffs stage later in the IPL 8.

SRH Strong Points:

They have potentially a match winning bowling attack with bowlers like Dale Steyn, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Trent Boult, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Moises Henriques who can swing the ball, have speed and have the ability to bowl out the best of the opposition.
Their batting is also of the highest level with Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, Naman Ojha, Morgan and Williamson in their ranks.

Weak Links:

No spin option other than Karn Sharma. They let go Amit Mishra hoping to buy him back in the auction, but Delhi beat them to it with a higher bid. This leaves their spin department with only one experienced spinner in Karn Sharma.

Prediction:

SRH have got some good buys in this year’s auction and will be raring to go and they have the batting power that makes them a serious title contenders.

SRH Squad for IPL 2015:
Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chama Milind, Dale Steyn, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma, KL Rahul, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui,Eoin Morgan, Kane Williamson, Ravi Bopara, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Praveen Kumar, Trent Boult, Hanuma Vihari, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Siddarth Kaul (Kevin Pietersen will be available for selection if the team reaches playoffs stage)