IPL 2019: SRH VS RR - 3 Changes SRH could make to get their first win of the season

#3 Wriddhiman Saha in place of Johnny Bairstow

Saha has one of the safest and fastest hands in the cricketing community.

Johnny Bairstow is known to be one of the finest hitters of the ball. However, his performance in the first match proved otherwise. He played a rather slow knock of 39 runs off 35 balls striking just a touch above 100. In an era where 200's are being chased with ease, playing such knocks does not only slow the run rate but also creates pressure on the batsmen at the other end.

Though his batting may be superior to Wriddhiman Saha, Bairstow's keeping skills are nowhere around that of Wriddhiman Saha. Saha has one of the safest pair of hands in the international circuit and his agility helps that cause.

He isn't one of the hardest hitting batsmen but can complement David Warner superbly by rotating strike and putting the bad balls away. SRH couldn't make use of the start given to them and it would be wiser to have someone who can start hitting from the word go and Saha makes the perfect replacement for Bairstow in this case.

SRH will be really looking forward to getting their first one but it won't be an easy one considering the likes of Ben Stokes and Steve Smith in the Royals' side.

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