Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) need to strengthen their bowling department at the IPL 2026 auction as well. While saying that SRH might be interested in acquiring Cameron Green, he added that they would not be able to do so as well. Notably, SRH traded Mohammad Shami to the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of the IPL 2026 auction. Moreover, they also released seven other players with an available purse of ₹25.50 crore to buy at most 10 players, including two
overseas, at the auction as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “You start asking this question – what do you want to do with the bowling? They will have to upgrade their bowling a little because there is no problem in batting. They have got options in batting, which they always had. The team doesn’t become bad if the form was bad for one year,” Chopra said. “Bowlers win you matches on pitches where you get hit a lot. Whom will they go towards? I have got no idea. It seemed earlier that they would wish to acquire Cameron Green. They might go after him for some time, but they won’t be able to get him,” he added.

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However, Aakash Chopra also shared that the SunRisers Hyderabad need to onboard specialist spinners, stating that Zeeshan Ansari alone
won’t suffice as well.

“First and foremost, and very, very important, get spinners. You don’t have spinners. Zeeshan did a good job, but what will Zeeshan do alone? When you have let everyone go, you would have thought about some spinner. Are you bringing in Adil Rashid? You need a spinner who is a wicket-taker, who takes three wickets even if he concedes 40 runs in three overs. They don’t need a top-order batter. They have no interest in Jonny Bairstow, Tim Seifert and Jamie Smith. They might be interested in Anrich Nortje and the other fast bowlers,” Aakash Chopra concluded.