IPL 2021: 5 Reasons Why Sunrisers Hyderabad Are Favourites To Win The Title

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will kick-off their IPL 2021 journey with the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 11, 2021. The match is scheduled to be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for playoffs in the last season but lost the Qualifier 2 match to Delhi Capitals. In IPL 2021, David Warner is going to Sunrisers Hyderabad once again.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is one team that retained all of their crucial players for IPL 2021. The team released Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, and Prithviraj Yarra ahead of IPL 2021 auction. During the auction, they bought only three players who were Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and J Suchith.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is a strong team that has shown consistent performance in the last few editions of the Indian Premier League. Here we look at 5 reasons why Sunrisers Hyderabad are favourites to win the title in IPL 2021.

IPL 2021: 5 Reasons Why Sunrisers Hyderabad Are Favourites To Win The Title

Top Performer As Skipper

Sunrisers Hyderabad have David Warner as their skipper. The Australian cricketer is among the top performers in IPL. So far, David Warner is the 3rd highest run-scorer in the tournament. The left-handed batsman has won the orange cap three times as he was the highest run-scorer in IPL 2015, IPL 2017, and IPL 2019. He is one of the consistent and top-performing batsmen in IPL. So, Sunrisers Hyderabad have a strong skipper in the form of David Warner.

Aggressive Openers

Last season, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow opened the innings for the team in most of the matches. Both of them are aggressive batsmen and pile a lot of runs at the start. Warner and Bairstow are also expected to open the innings in IPL 2021 and hence Sunrisers Hyderabad have aggressive openers in the team.

Powerful Middle Order

Along with strong openers, Sunrisers Hyderabad comprises a powerful middle-order in batting. Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar are the batsmen in the middle for Sunrisers Hyderabad. All of them are very brilliant batsmen and they make Sunrisers Hyderabad middle-order very strong.

Strong Spin Attack

With spinners like Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, and Mujeeb ur Rahman in the team, Sunrisers Hyderabad have a powerful spin attack. Rashid Khan is the most crucial spin bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Last season in IPL 2020, Rashid Khan was the highest wicket-taker for Sunrisers Hyderabad and was the 6^th highest wicket-taker overall.

Consistent Performers

Sunrisers Hyderabad have been a consistent performer in the Indian Premier League during the last 5 seasons. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the title in IPL 2016 and qualified for playoffs in every subsequent season.

Due to their good performance in previous seasons, the management retained all the crucial players in the team. Hence, Sunrisers Hyderabad are again expected to give a great performance in IPL 2021.