Predicted Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11 for their first IPL 2022 Match
Published on: Mar 22, 2022 2:09 pm IST|Updated on: Mar 24, 2022 6:58 pm IST
SRH Playing 11: Last year’s wooden spoon winners Sunrisers Hyderabad will face-off Rajasthan Royals in their opening fixture of the IPL 2022 campaign. While the Orange Army finished at the bottom spot, Rajasthan Royals were just slightly better as they finished at the bottom second spot in the last edition and now both teams will be eyeing a fresh start with rejigged and fresh signings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad opted to retain skipper Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, and pace sensation Umran Malik while releasing some of their key players in the likes of David Warner and Rashid Khan and now the Orange Army will be seen in a completely new lineup.
IPL 2022: Predicted SRH Playing 11
- Abhishek Sharma
- Rahul Tripathi
- Kane Williamson (C)
- Nicholas Pooran (WK)
- Aiden Markram/Glenn Phillips
- Abdul Samad
- Romario Shephard
- Washington Sundar
- Kartik Tyagi
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- T Natarajan/Umran Malik
Like CSK & other franchises, Sunrisers Hyderabad too will come up with a different opening pair this season. Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi are likely to open the innings with skipper Kane Williamson coming to bat at number 03.
In the middle order, SRH is likely to go with the experienced power-hitters in the likes of Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, and Glenn Philips. Markram is busy with national commitments and is yet to join the squad.
In bowling, the Orange Army have experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar and youngsters like Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, and T Natarajan to choose from depending upon the pitches/wickets.
Â
SRH vs RR Head to Head Stats:
Both teams have met on 15 occasions in the tournament and the Orange Army has a slight upper hand, winning 8 of them. In the last edition, both teams met twice and won one game each.
Both teams will face each other in their respective opening fixture at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune on March 29, Tuesday.
SRH 2022 Squad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Philips, Fazalhaq Farooqi
RELATED
For more IPL 2022 news, click here
Follow us on Google News