IPL 2021: Rating the bench strength of each team

Sunrisers Hyderabad (9.5/10)

Probable Playing XI: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Kedar Jadhav, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.

Major Bench Strength Players: Jason Holder, Jonny Bairstow, Priyam Garg, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Jason Roy

Apart from keeping Warner and Rashid Khan, the SRH camp can try all sorts of permutations and combinations. In the batting department, either Williamson or Bairstow is certainly bound to play with the other being a solid backup along with the new Jason Roy being the latest addition. To have a replacement for either Manish Pandey or Kedar Jadhav, the team can also bring in the benched Vijay Shankar. There’s also alike cover for Wriddhiman Saha in the form of Shreevats Goswami. Also, for the lower-middle order, there will be a heavy race between Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad and to back them. there’s Priyam Garg.

In the bowling department, there’s plenty to cover for both Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Sandeep Sharma by having the dense presence of Khaleel Ahmed and Siddarth Kaul. Even to have a bowling all-rounder, someone like Jason Holder looks the suitable attachment. To add further on spinning tracks, the team also owns the talent of Shahbaz Nadeem.

To sum it up for SRH, the team is genuinely filled with riches and probably can have two different front-line playing XIs to start with. However, a strong overseas firepower batsman in the lower-middle order might have elevated this team to a whole new level.