IPL 2020: Strengths and weaknesses of each franchise

#8 Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH looks solid at the top of the order

Strength: The former IPL champions have one of the most devastating opening pairs with a reputation of destroying the bowling lineups in international cricket. Their middle-order is supported by skipper Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar and youngsters like Virat Singh and Priyam Garg.

Sunrisers Hyderabad has an exciting set of Indian bowlers in Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, and Khaleel Ahmed. The Afghanistan duo of Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi makes their spin-attack more than decent.

Weakness: SRH's overseas slots looked occupied already with obvious choices in Jonny Bairstow, David Warner, skipper Kane Williamson, and leggie Rashid Khan. These names make them reluctant to make any changes except for an injury which might hurt them as the tournament progresses. It has made it difficult for them to slot in Australian quick Billy Stanlake even when the Indian bunch performs ordinarily.

Furthermore, they lack a quality Indian spin option to partner Rashid Khan with Shahbaz Nadeem as the best they can come up with.