Strong bowling line-up
With the M. Chinnaswamy not the batting paradise it used to be in previous seasons, the eliminator is likely to be dominated by the team with the better bowling line-up. And even in the absence of Ashish Nehra, there is no doubt that SRH boast of the better attack with the ball.
In Bhuvneshwar Kumar, SRH have the leading wicket-taker in this year's tournament and in all likelihood the purple cap holder as well. Rashid Khan might be playing in his maiden IPL tournament but he has 17 wickets to his name and only four (including Bhuvi) have taken more wickets than the Afghanistan leg-spinner.
And the list doesn't stop there as unlike most sides, SRH boast of two in-form uncapped fast bowlers who have continued to trouble the batsmen. Siddarth Kaul has 16 wickets from 9 matches while Mohammed Siraj has 10 wickets from six. Both have especially impressive in this year's campaign and the combination of Kaul and Bhuvi at the death has proven to one that batsmen have found difficult to get away.
