IPL 2024: Predicting Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Playing XI for their encounter against Gujarat Titans

In this article, we will discuss IPL 2024 Predicting Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Playing XI for their encounter against Gujarat Titans 1st game against winners KKR. IPL 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad have had a decent start to the ongoing 2024 season with a loss and a win. In the first game against two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders, they managed to come close to a losing situation, but the game slipped from their hands in the last over. However, in the next game against five-time winners Mumbai Indians, the Orange Army managed to break the record for the highest team total.

In the game, the visitors won the toss and elected to bowl first. The decision proved costly as SRH came out with a bang. In the end, the team got 277/3, a new record combining domestic and T20 leagues. They won the game by 31 runs and will play the 2022 winners Gujarat Titans next on March 31. Meanwhile, let’s have a look at the possible playing XI for the Hyderabad-based team.

Best possible playing XI for SRH against Gujarat Titans:

Top-order

In the last game, Travis Head was included in the team, replacing Marco Jansen. The former scored 62 off 24 balls, including nine fours and three sixes. He was dropped at mid-off early in his innings and made the five-time winners pay. Apart from Head, Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma will get to play, despite Agarwal not having the best of starts with the bat so far.

 Middle-order, all-rounder, and wicketkeeper

In these slots, South Africa vice-captain and Sunrisers Eastern Cape winning captain, Aiden Markram will start. He scored an unbeaten 42 off 28 balls. Apart from him, the wicketkeeper slot will be filled by Heinrich Klaasen, who helped the team reach 277/3 with his unbeaten 80 off 34 balls. In the all-rounder and one middle-order slot, Shahbaz Ahmed and Abdul Samad respectively will take this slot.

Bowlers

The team is led by Pat Cummins, who is one of the main bowlers in the side. He did well with the ball in the last game. Apart from him, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Mayank Markande, despite getting hit, did well when it mattered the most. Jaydev Unadkat might get replaced by T Natarajan as the latter missed the last game due to a niggle.