IPL 2016 Predicted XI: Sunrisers Hyderabad
The 2016 IPL is just a day away and the teams are gearing up for the tournament. Sunrisers Hyderabad is one of the most inconsistent teams in the past and this year, they have a good team that is capable of striking the gold.
In the 2016 IPL auctions, Sunrisers brought Yuvraj Singh, Mustafizur Rahman, Deepak Hooda, Ashish Nehra, Aditya Tare etc. They needed two Indian middle order batsmen and a local pacer and they brought them in the auctions.
There are a lot of competitions from the players to get into the playing XI and most likely the likes of Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Aditya Tare etc. might be left out from the team.
Let us take a look at the possible Sunrisers Hyderabad XI ahead of this season.
Shikhar Dhawan
The out of form Indian opener will have his task cut out for the Hyderabad outfit as they are looking for the gold this season.
Dhawan, who had a great start to 2016 with some quick-fire knocks in Australia that set the tone for the men in blue to create history by becoming the first team in the history to whitewash Australia in Australia. In the three-match series against Sri Lanka, he looked good as India beat their neighbours 2-1.
And since then, Dhawan hit the pale patch as he failed to get his team off to a flier in the Asia Cup and recently concluded World T20 and was eventually dropped from the Indian team ahead of the all-important semi-finals.
His form will be a huge concern for the team. Now the onus is on Dhawan to put the past behind him and score some runs in the IPL.