Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI If 5 Overseas Players Are Allowed In IPL

Many IPL franchises are urging BCCI to change an important rule in IPL tournaments that has been followed since the start of the edition. IPL franchises want BCCI to increase the limit of overseas players in the playing XI to 5. According to IPL rules, only 4 overseas players can play in a match and the rest 7 players should be domestic players. However, if the rule changes in IPL 2022, many teams will benefit to come up with a stronger composition of playing XI.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is one team that has many popular overseas players, who are a regular part of national teams of their countries. If 5 overseas players are allowed in the team, Sunrisers Hyderabad can use one extra slot for an overseas player. This might help them to perform even better. Here we look at Sunrisers Hyderabad predicted playing XI if 5 overseas players are allowed in IPL.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI If 5 Overseas Players Are Allowed In IPL

David Warner

David Warner should be the skipper of Sunrisers Hyderabad and open the innings. David Warner has led the team to win the title in IPL 2016. He later also captained the team in IPL 2017, IPL 2019, and IPL 2020, and the team reached the playoffs in all these three seasons. Moreover, David Warner was the highest run-scorer in IPL 2015, IPL 2017, and IPL 2019 and won the orange cap in all these IPL editions.

The Australian batsman is also the 5th highest run-scorer in IPL with 5447 runs in 148 matches that consists of 50 half-centuries and 4 centuries. These stats are sufficient to prove why David Warner should be the first choice for the overseas player for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow should be the 2^nd overseas player in the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s playing XI. He is an aggressive batsman who has the ability to provide a quick start in batting. The English cricketer should open the innings with David Warner. He should also be the wicketkeeper. The right-handed batsman has been part of the Indian Premier League for the last three seasons and impressed fans with his destructive batting style.

In 28 matches so far, Bairstow has smashed 1038 runs at an average of 41+. He also has a superb strike rate of 142+ and smashed 1 century and 7 half-centuries so far.

Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson should be the third overseas player that Sunrisers Hyderabad should pick in the team. The New Zealand cricketer Williamson has played 57 matches in IPL and piled up 1747 runs at an average of 41+ and strike rate of 134+. He has hit 16 half-centuries too. In IPL 2018, he was the highest run-scorer with 735 runs in 17 games. Williamson will be a trustworthy batsman at the no.3 spot.

Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey should be the batsman in the middle-order. Although Manish Pandey suffered to play with a good strike rate in IPL 2021, he has been a brilliant batsman so far in the tournament. In IPL 2020 and IPL 2019, Manish Pandey scored 425 and 344 runs respectively. In IPL 2021, he scored 193 runs in 5 games before the tournament got suspended. With 3461 runs in 151 matches, Pandey has smashed 20 fifties and 1 hundred in the tournament and has a strike rate of 121+ and an average of 30+.

Vijay Shankar

Vijay Shankar will be another great option in the middle order. Shankar has played 47 matches in IPL so far and scored 712 runs at an average of 26+. He has also hit 3 fifties. He is a patient batsman who bats effectively in the middle-order. As a medium-pace bowler, he has picked 9 wickets so far.

Kedar Jadhav

Kedar Jadhav became a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad during IPL 2021 auction when the franchise bought him for Rs. 2 crores. The right-handed batsman has previously played for the national team. In 91 matches, he has scored 1181 runs with 4 half-centuries. He is a good batsman at the lower-middle order and has experience of batting at the position for a long time.

Jason Holder

For the all-rounder, Sunrisers Hyderabad should pick Jason Holder in the playing XI and he should be the 4th overseas player in the team. The West Indies player has scored 108 runs in 19 matches so far and picked 22 wickets. In IPL 2020, he picked 14 wickets in just 7 games for Sunrisers Hyderabad. In IPL 2021, he played just one game but earned accolades for picking 3 wickets.

T Natarajan

T Natarajan came to the limelight in IPL 2020, when he picked 16 wickets in the tournament. The left-arm pacer impressed everyone with his ability to bowl effective yorkers. Due to his brilliant show in IPL 2020, he also got a national call-up and played in the ODI, T20I, and Test series against Australia last year. He made his debut in IPL in 2017, and IPL 2020 was his 2^nd season. So far, he has picked 20 wickets in 24 IPL matches at an economy of 8.23.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar should be the other pacer that Sunrisers Hyderabad should go for in the playing XI. The right-arm pacer has been a regular part of the India national team in the limited-overs format. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has a magnificent record in IPL, picking 139 wickets in 126 matches at an economy of 7.31. In IPL 2016 and IPL 2017, Kumar won the purple cap after finishing as the highest wicket-taker with 23 and 26 wickets respectively.

Sandeep Sharma

Sandeep Sharma should be the third pacer that Sunrisers Hyderabad should pick in the playing XI. The right arm-medium pacer has shown consistent bowling performance in the last few seasons, picking 14, 12, and 12 wickets in IPL 2020, IPL 2019, and IPL 2018 respectively. In 95 matches, Sharma has scalped 110 wickets at an economy of 7.79. He will be a great support to Bhuvi and Natarajan in the bowling department.

Rashid Khan

With no second thoughts, Rashid Khan should be picked as the spinner in the playing XI and he should the 5^th overseas player that Sunrisers Hyderabad should induct into the team. Considered one of the best spinners in international cricket, Rashid Khan has played 69 matches in IPL so far picking 85 wickets.

His strict economy of just 6.23 is another plus point of his bowling. He has been spectacular in IPL tournaments so far, picking 17, 21, 17, and 20 wickets in the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 seasons respectively. In IPL 2021, he picked 10 wickets in 7 matches.