IPL 2022: 3 Most Valuable Players Of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Sunrisers Hyderabad finished eighth on the points table in IPL 2022. They had a season of two halves it can be said. They won five games on the bounce after losing their first two games. They looked a very different side when they strung together those five wins, almost unbeatable. In the second half, they found it difficult to buy a win winning just one of their next seven games. Hyderabad has often found themselves finishing an IPL season in the bottom half of the points table. Batting the 2016 and the 2018 seasons, SRH has failed to have a good IPL season regularly.

Seeing how they performed this season, the management was hugely criticised. They had one of the most reputed support staff with Brian Lara and Dale Steyn joining Muttiah Muralitharan and head coach Tom Moody. However, as it turned out they endured another disappointing campaign.

Despite them not having the best of IPL season, they found out the potential of a few uncapped Indian players. In this article, we take a look at those three players who were the most valuable ones for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

IPL 2022: 3 Most Valuable Players Of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Umran Malik

This was Malik’s first full IPL season with SRH. He played a few games in the UAE leg. His raw pace was on show this season that disturbed a lot of reputed batsmen. He ended with 22 wickets in the season. Cricket experts were divided about him being allowed to play international cricket so soon. Yet uncapped, he has been added to India’s T20I squad that has been announced for the T20I series against South Africa.

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Abhishek Sharma

The southpaw ended up as the highest scorer for SRH in IPL 2022. Sharma scored 426 runs from 14 games, with two fifty-plus scores. He and Rahul Tripathi got their team to good starts after the inevitable failure of Kane Williamson. He played with a sense of responsibility and maturity and made himself undroppable from the playing XI now. It will be interesting to see how he makes a comeback in IPL 2023.

Rahul Tripathi

Year after year Rahul Tripathi has been performing consistently well in the IPL. In his first season with the Sunrisers, Tripathi scored 413 runs from 14 games and score the tough runs for his side. Despite his consistent performance, the selectors did not add him to the Indian squad that was announced for the South Africa series. This became a subject of debate within the Indian cricketing fraternity who blamed the selectors for not recognising his talent and potential.

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