IPL 2020: Areas of improvement for all 8 franchises

6. Sunrisers Hyderabad:

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

The primary issue with SRH is their middle-order. Some players might have to bat out of their regular roles, like Wriddhiman Saha. After a fiery top-order, SRH might find themselves struggling in the middle-overs. Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and other batsmen are yet to prove themselves on the big stage. 

Another dilemma they are going to face is the decision of the 4th foreign player. Both Mohammad Nabi and Kane Williamson shall be impactful on the spinning tracks of UAE. Playing both would mean Bairstow would have to sit out, because Warner and Rashid are obvious picks. They might struggle in maintaining the correct balance.

The major issue that they face is their over-reliance on Warner, Rashid and Bhuvneshwar. If any of them happen to be out of form, SRH are going to struggle big time. Bhuvaneshwar has also been injury-prone in recent times, and his backups are not exactly the best of bowlers.