IPL Auction 2020: One position each team should look to target

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Indian lower-order batsman

Hyderabad need an Indian lower-order batsman, maybe Jalaj Saxena

To round things up, we have one of the most consistent teams in the IPL in terms of performances as well as their coaching set-up. The Sunrisers Hyderabad ended up releasing only 5 players, of which Shakib-al-Hasan was released due to the ban imposed on him.

In David Warner, Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson, the Hyderabad-based franchise has what is possibly the strongest top order of the league, with a very able back-up in Wriddhiman Saha. With Vijay Shankar or Mohammed Nabi at 4 and Manish Pandey at 5, SRH have a batting line-up that most teams would envy and bowling line-ups would fear.

Furthermore, with Rashid Khan at 7, followed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, and two of Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, or Siddharth Kaul, SRH have a very settled core.

The one spot SRH will need to reinforce is their lower middle order. Having released both Yusuf Pathan and Deepak Hooda and with Abhishek Sharma not repaying the faith kept in him when he was traded from Delhi, they will require a #6 batsman to finish proceedings for them. However, with stiff competition for their foreign spots already, it is more likely that they would look for an Indian alternative.

Possible Options: Jalaj Saxena, Himmat Singh, Rohan Kadam