IPL 2019: 3 areas SRH need to strengthen during the auction

#1 Opener slot

Dhawan left SRH for Daredevils

David Warner is expected to come back into the team for the new season. Warner missed the 2018 campaign because of the infamous ball-tampering saga, which involved him and two other Australian players, Smith and Bancroft. BCCI barred him from playing, soon after Cricket Australia slapped him with a 12-month ban. Though Williamson did an excellent job as an opener, it exposed their middle-order. Alex Hales too did not impress a lot in the six games he played.

However, Sunrisers Hyderabad will have a new headache going into the 2019 campaign. Sunrisers traded Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils in exchange for three players - Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem, and Abhishek Sharma. Dhawan has scored 2518 runs for Sunrisers and was one of their best batsmen.

They definitely need to buy a top order batsman to fill the void left by Dhawan’s departure. With the 2019 World Cup immediately after the IPL, Sunrisers cannot just rely on Warner, Williamson, and Hales.