IPL 2018: 3 reasons why Sunrisers Hyderabad don't have the best bowling attack in the tournament anymore

#1 Teams have worked out how to negotiate Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan

The Afghan is the world’s best spin bowler as far as T20 cricket is concerned and even in this season’s IPL, Rashid Khan wrecked havoc on the opposition after a slight dip in form. He made some alterations to his length and was back as the lethal spinner that everyone is accustomed to seeing.

It is demonstrably hard to score against him and when batsmen try to attack, they almost always end up giving away their wicket.

Hence, over the past few games, the batting sides have instead decided to play out Rashid’s overs and gone hammer and tongs at the other SRH bowlers. In these last four games, he picked up 3 wickets in the game against RCB (they still made 218) and in the other three he did not pick up any wickets.

When Rashid Khan fails to take wickets, then it is a problem for his side and it was SRH’s ability to take wickets that made them such a dangerous bowling attack. Now, the teams are refusing to attack their best bowler and piling the pressure on the others.

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