Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad team is playing a different kind of cricket in IPL. Any team that faces Hyderabad lives in fear. No team seems to have an answer to Hyderabad's batting. Hyderabad has four of the 5 highest scores in IPL history. Last season, the team scored the highest score of 287 runs in IPL history. This season, they scored 286 runs in the first match itself. Now in their second match of IPL, Hyderabad team is ready to take on Lucknow Super Giants.
How to stop Hyderabad batsmen?
It is not easy to stop the Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen. However, there is one team which has done it. Last season, Kolkata Knight Riders did not let Hyderabad's batting run on easy wickets twice. They dismissed both the team's openers cheaply. As soon as Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma get out early, Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting goes on the backfoot.
Head and Abhishek set the platform
Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head attack from the first ball. If both of them stay for 4-5 overs, then they set the platform for the incoming batsmen. This does not put pressure on the incoming batsman and he plays shots freely. If their wickets fall early, then there is pressure on the incoming batsman. He has to save his wicket as well as score runs quickly. Apart from Heinrich Klaasen, there is no batsman in the middle order of the team who can handle the pressure.\
Who will be Starc for Lucknow?
When Kolkata Knight Riders dismissed Hyderabad's batting cheaply, Mitchell Starc was the hero. Lucknow also needs such a bowler. Although many bowlers of the team are injured, Shardul Thakur was in good rhythm in the first match. He took two wickets in the first over itself. Avesh Khan is also making a comeback from this match. Captain Rishabh Pant will expect these two to give initial shocks.
