IPL 2017: 5 reasons why Sunrisers Hyderabad have the best bowling unit
With six wins from eleven matches, defending IPL champions Sunrisers Hyderabad have made giant strides towards the play-off berth. Like last year, SRH have immensely benefitted by David Warner’s tremendous form but once again it is their high-quality bowling performance which has kept them among the top four teams in the points table.
The team management has carefully selected their bowling unit and has been spot on with their bowling combination and strategies. And with confidence from their captain and able guidance from mentors, several bowlers from Hyderabad are bowling at their best. As a result of this, SRH boasts the best bowling unit in this IPL. Here we discuss the top five reasons for the roaring success of Hyderabad’s bowling unit.
#1 Presence of a quality bowler in the form of Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the perfect T20 bowler. He makes the new ball swing and is spot on with his line and lengths. Hence, during the powerplays, he is extremely difficult to hit and in fact, he picks up wickets as well.
Then during the death overs, he comes back to bowl yorkers with perfection and has the skill to vary his pace as well. Thus, instead of leaking runs he ends up taking wickets. With all these facets, Bhuvi is an asset for any team in T20s. And hence with this right arm pacer spearheading Hyderabad’s bowling unit, there is no dearth of venom.
Bhuvi is the leading wicket-taker in this IPL and has already amassed 21 wickets from 10 matches. And if he continues his bowling form, then he may easily break the record for the most number of wickets in an IPL season which is currently owned by Dwayne Bravo who picked up 32 wickets in 2013.
Along with his wickets, Bhuvi’s economy rate is also highly impressive. Among the top ten wicket takers, this Hyderabad pacer has the best economy rate and the fact that he averages below seven runs per over even though he bowls mostly during powerplays and in the slog overs is quite an achievement.