IPL 2018: How each franchise might line up

#7 Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH have one of the best sides

List of players bought by the SRH at the IPL 2018 auction –

David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shakib Al-Hasan, Kane Williamson, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Ricky Bhui, Deepak Hooda, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi, Syed Khaleed Ahmed, Sachin Baby, Sandeep Sharma, Chris Jordan, Billy Stanlake, Tanmay Agarwal, Shreevats Goswami, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan

The 2016 champions have tried to follow a similar game plan but with some new players. After retaining only captain David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the SRH brought back some old players like Dhawan and Williamson to maintain the balance.

The probable 11 for SRH is as follows:

D Warner(c); S Dhawan; M Pandey; K Williamson; Shakib al Hasan; W Saha(wk); Y Pathan; R Khan; B Kumar; S Kaul; B Thampi

SRH will start their IPL 2018 campaign with a very strong batting lineup with players who can gradually build their innings. They have a lot of batsmen who can play according to the game and change their run-scoring pace as per the situation.

They have a good spinning combination as well with Shakib-Al-Hasan and wrist spinner Rashid Khan. The duo can prove to be very vital in these sub-continental conditions.

They also have the best death bowler of modern day cricket, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He has continuously impressed everyone with his performance and has been the most important factor in SRH's bowling.

Looking much stronger than the last season, SRH will try to settle quickly with a good combination and have a positive start.