SWOT analysis, Sunrisers Hyderabad: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats for IPL 2023

Sunrisers Hyderabad, led by Aiden Markram and mentored by Brian Lara, might change the tide of IPL 2023 to their favor with their young talents.

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By Dilpreet Singh Mand Mand | Mar 29, 2023 | 3 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Sunrisers Hyderabad are an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise cricket team headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana. The franchise was formed in 2012 after the IPL commission cancelled the Hyderabad-based Deccan Chargers. Currently the franchise is owned by Sun Group as Sunrisers Hyderabad. Former West Indies cricketer and one of the greatest batsmen Brian Lara is the mentor of the team. Currently the franchise has announced Aiden Markram as the captain of the team. Team is commonly named as SRH, and their home stadium is The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, which has the capacity of 55,000 spectators. On December 18, 2012, the team was named in Chennai. Sun TV Network, won the bid for SRH of INR 85.05 crores to take over as the owners.

SWOT analysis: Sunrisers Hyderabad
Strengths

Sunrisers in 2023 Indian Premier League will be attacking the opponents with their pace bowlers. Their true strength lies in their pace bowling this time, as they have India’s fastest bowler Umran Malik and swing master Bhuvneshwar Kumar. They also have a left arm fast bowler who made his name in IPL and is known for his accurate yorkers, he is T. Natarajan. They also have South African fast bowler Marco Jansen. Marco will be playing his second IPL, therefore, he can turn out to be an important bowler for SRH. Alongside these bowlers, SRH has acquired young talents like Kartik Tyagi, who has played previously in IPL. In 2023 IPL, sunrisers will be led by a South African Batsman, Aiden Markram. He is a batting allrounder and he’s been looking in good form for some time. His captaincy might change the fate of SRH in IPL 2023.

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Weaknesses

This has been seen for quite a long time now, that SRH was more of a bowling team. They lacked somewhere in their batting department because they weren’t able to build big scores in the game. The average score of SRH team was 156 runs in the last IPL. They do not have massive hitters other than Glenn Phillips. Mayank Agrawal will be a key player, because he opens for the team and he has not been into International cricket for quite a long time now. They have acquired Harry Brook and this will be the first IPL for him. He was sold to SRH for a whooping 13.5 crores. SRH’s middle order may get settled by the arrival of Harry Brook. They have got Adil Rashid in replacement of the Afghanistani champion spinner Rashid Khan. Adil might not be able to fill the gap completely left by Rashid but he may help their spin department to some extent.

Opportunities

Harry Brook purchased by SRH for INR 13.5 crores, can turn out to be the opportunity for them to showcase their batting line-up and build huge scores. Young talent like Kartik Tyagi might also prove to be a key player for SRH in the IPL 2023. Tyagi has played 3 IPL earlier, although he got to show his talent and skills in the limited matches. He’s seen training hard for the upcoming season, which means he might get to showcase his bowling skills for SRH in this season of IPL. Adil Rashid can turn out to be an important player, because he has replaced Rashid Khan, which is a big name in IPL as well as International cricket. It would be interesting to see Adil Rashid in action with his leg spin.

Threats

The outcome of any event is uncertain, but still data helps us out to predict the outcome. As seen with SRH, they have got themselves top class players as the captain of the team, but they were unsuccessful. David Warner, despite being one of the best players in cricket had to leave SRH due to some reasons. Then they got Kane Williamson as their captain, but wasn’t successful with him either. This season, they have Aiden Markram as the captain. It would be interesting to see, how Markram will lead the team? SRH have only one left handed batsman in their team in the middle order, which is unusual in today’s condition. Teams tend to have more than one left handed batsmen with them. This might turn into a threat for them.





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