Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be commencing their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaign against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on September 21 in Dubai. SRH will be looking forward to continuing the momentum they had gained in the last couple of seasons. Sunrisers always enter every edition as favorites to win the IPL title ever since they introduced themselves in the cash-rich league.

SRH has a pretty strong captain in the form of David Warner, under whom they won the trophy in 2016. SRH would be hoping to replicate a similar kind of performance in IPL 2020. There is no doubt that Sunrisers’ batting will revolve around Warner, who has surpassed 500 runs every season he has played for the Orange Army. The ‘pocket dynamite’ will open the innings with Wriddhiman Saha.

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Although fans would want to see Jonny Bairstow along with Warner to start the proceedings, considering the conditions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), SRH would rather wish to strengthen their middle-order by going with the Kiwi skipper, Kane Williamson. The 2019 season for the Kiwi skipper didn’t go well as he averaged just 22.28 after appearing for nine matches. He will be accompanied by young Virat Singh and dynamic stroke maker Manish Pandey.

Virat has been quite magnificent in the domestic circuit as he has scored 343 runs at 57.16 with a strike rate of 142.32 in the previous edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The prime candidates to be featured in the playing XI would be Vijay Shankar and Mohammad Nabi. Shankar will be looking forward to proving his mettle, especially after being dropped from the national team.

Mohammad Nabi, on the other hand, has had a phenomenal outing in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 with bat and ball. While playing for St Lucia Zouks (SLZ) Nabi picked up 12 wickets and he also scored 156 runs with a strike-rate of 124.80. The Afghan lad will be a crucial player for SRH in the UAE.

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The inclusion of Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Siddharth Kaul will be the preferred choice as the trio has been relatively consistent for the Sunrisers. Similarly, Bhuvneshwar and Siddharth will take control of the opening as well as the death bowling. They would be eyeing support from Shankar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted XI for IPL 2020:

David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Virat Singh, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddharth Kaul