#3 Backup foreign pacer or pace bowling all-rounder

The Sunrisers Hyderabad have a rich battery of pace bowlers with Bhuvneshwar Kumar leading the unit comprised of Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Khaleel Ahmed and T Natarajan.
However, their lone foreign pacer is Australia's Billy Stanlake, who did not get a single game last season, and SRH will want to invest on a quality bowler who can take up the mantle of lead bowler incase Bhuvneshwar Kumar fails to make too much of an impact.
With quite a lot of flavour in the SRH think-tank with Muttiah Muralitharan and Brad Haddin partnering VVS Laxman, expect the Sunrisers to sign a couple of exciting names.
Chris Woakes is one seam bowling all-rounder who could add value to the SRH setup, with his ability to bowl in the death and produce the big hits. Haddin's time with the Sydney Sixers could also see him look to rope in veteran all-rounder Moises Henriques.
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