Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has picked the SunRisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) aggressive batting as one of their strengths heading into IPL 2025. He also added that Ishan Kishan’s acquisition gives them an explosive top three. However, SRH retained Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 crore), Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore), Travis Head (₹14 crore), and Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 crore) as part of their batting contingent, alongside their captain Pat Cummins (₹18 crore) before the auction. They also bought Kishan (₹11.25 crore) to their batting as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Their first visible strength is that they will start hitting and keep hitting. They won’t stop at all. Rahul Tripathi or Mayank Agarwal at times used to be a question in the middle earlier, but now they are saying there is no question at all. The first three are left-handers and all three do the right job.”
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“All three are mighty stroke makers – Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Ishan Kishan. If they are your top three and then followed by Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Abhinav Manohar, a lot of depth is suddenly seen in the batting. They can continue the template that had stunned everyone last year,” Chopra further added.
In the same video, Aakash Chopra also shared that the SunRisers Hyderabad have also addressed their bowling issues as well.
“There used to be a problem that they struggled in bowling. Last year, if they used to make 240, they conceded 240 as well. If they made 270, they won the match by 20 runs. So their bowlers got hit that much. They overhauled their bowling. In their long bowling lineup, they have Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Pat Cummins, Rahul Chahar and Adam Zampa. The way the team is prepared, it seems you will have to include Adam Zampa in the XI. The bowling is a serious upgrade compared to earlier. They look very good to me. The bowling has become much better than earlier,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
