Sunrisers Hyderabad have a new-look team with a new captain in Aiden Markram. Most of their overseas players come into IPL in red-hot form. It'll be a toss-up between Mayank and Bhuvneshwar to lead in the first two games as the South African players are not available.
STRENGTH: Potent bowling line-up comprising Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooki, Washington Sundar and Adil Rashid. Plenty of variety.
WEAKNESS: Below-par performance of domestic players.
OPPORTUNITY: The likes of Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Vivrant Sharma and Samarth Vyas can prove their mettle.
THREAT: The challenge is to ensure Natarajan and Washington are back to full fitness and Bhuvneshwar stays injury-free.
KEY PLAYERS
Aiden Markram: In great form. Was player of the tournament in SAT20 and was part of the T20I in which South Africa chased down a record total set by the West Indies.
Harry Brook: It will be the Englishman's first IPL experience. He's been scoring centuries for fun in Test cricket.
Umran Malik: Fast and exciting. Opponents will have enough data on him by now, but he can beat the best by sheer pace.
NEW PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR
Adil Rashid: Will hope to fill the big shoes of Rashid Khan.
Harry Brook: Unknown commodity but has the licence to go bang-bang in the middle.
Aiden Markram: His batting and man-management will be tested.
INJURY WATCH
All are fit. SRH must keep an eye on the workload of Bhuvneshwar, Washington and Natarajan.
