IPL 2026: Many record-breaking scores were seen in the last season of IPL. The entire season was in the name of batsmen. Especially the Sunrisers Hyderabad team had shown a stormy game. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) has also prepared a strong batting line-up for IPL 2026, which can prove to be a challenge for any opposing team. But there is also a weakness in the team which can lose the match even after making a big score.
SRH has the power to score 250 runs in every match
Sunrisers Hyderabad has explosive batsmen like Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen, with whom Liam Livingston has also joined. This batting line-up is so strong that the team can easily cross 250 runs in 20 overs, as has been seen in previous seasons. But winning the match does not depend only on big scores. The real challenge for SRH lies in their gender unit. Captain Pat Cummins is the biggest weapon of the team. But due to back injury he will not be available in the first few matches. SRH has confirmed this and there is no fixed time for Cummins’ return. In his absence, the team’s bowling has become very weak, because there is no bowler who can completely fill his place.
Team stuck without Pat Cummins
Without Pat Cummins, the team will have to depend on bowlers like Ishan Malinga, Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat. They have experience, but lack consistent performance. Also, these players have not been very active in international cricket. There is no big name in the spin department too, which remains the weakness of the team like previous seasons. The same thing is clear from the statistics that since 2022 till now, SRH has spent more than 200 runs 19 times, which clearly shows the weakness of their bowling. This problem has become more serious without Cummins. Ishan Kishan has been given the captaincy in the initial matches. In such a situation, the team will have to hope that with the strength of its batting, it can avoid the initial defeat and remain strong till the return of Cummins.
SRH team for IPL 2026
Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravichandran Smarna, Kamindu Mendis, Harsh Dubey, Brydon Carse, Ishan Malinga, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Prafulla Hinze, Cranes Phuletra, Amit Kumar, Omkar Tarmale, Saqib Hussain, Shivam Mavi, Jack Edwards, Liam Livingston and Aniket Verma.