SRH: 5 things to watch out for in IPL 2024

Ahead of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League, we take a look at five things 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad will have to watch out for

The spotlight will be firmly fixed on Pat Cummins, who was bought for a whopping Rs 20.5 crore and has since been appointed leader of the ‘Orange Army’ and whether he can revive the team’s fortunes this season or not

It remains to be seen if Aiden Markram, who had led the Sunrisers in IPL 2023 and has since been replaced in the role by Cummins, performs now that the burden of captaincy has been lifted off his shoulders

One of SRH’s key purchases in the player auction was securing Wanindu Hasaranga at his base price of Rs 1.5 crore and the Sri Lankan might just fill the void left behind by Rashid Khan

It’s been a while since Bhuvneshwar Kumar represented India and the senior pacer might just hope to dish out the kind of performances that will impress the selectors enough to warrant him a place in the T20 World Cup squad

Umran Malik was widely touted as the next big thing in Indian cricket but the J&K pacer didn’t have the best of runs for SRH last year. SRH having a pacer as captain this year might just come as good news for Malik and help him regain his lost form