3 surprising tactics we could see from the Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2019

#1 Rashid Khan opens the innings as a pinch-hitter

Rashid Khan had grown as a batsman in 2018

Rashid Khan, the mystery spinner from Afghanistan has been the cornerstone of Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling attack since joining the franchise.

However, last year he played a terrific knock in the qualifier 2 against Kolkata Knight Riders, unleashing his batting abilities. Rashid Khan’s 34*(10) helped Sunrisers garner momentum in the match and they progressed to the final thanks to Rashid’s heroics.

Shikhar Dhawan, the team’s top opener left Sunrisers ahead of the 2019 season. Thus, the chances we might see Rashid Khan opening the innings with David Warner are high.

The trend of using pinch-hitters has grown day by day and, we recently saw Umesh Yadav open the innings for Vidarbha in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy. Thus, Sunrisers may surprise us by using Rashid Khan to open the innings.