IPL 2019: SRH VS RR - 3 Changes SRH could make to get their first win of the season

SRH have not gotten off to the best of the starts in the 12th edition of the IPL. They got off to a flier with David Warner coming back to the team and scoring a brilliant 85 off 53. The team did miss the services of their captain Kane Williamson but his role was taken care of by Warner.

The team batted beautifully and scored a mammoth 181. The only player who could have played better was Johnny Bairstow, who ate up a decent number of balls before getting set and then departed without hitting the big shots. The more problematic bit for Hyderabad was their bowling. Shakib Al Hassan leaked 42 runs without even completing his full quota and even Sandeep Sharma was expensive giving more than 10 runs an over.

With such a balanced side and Kane's return to the team, SRH will now to look to make amends and get back to winning ways. They may have erred while selecting their team for the first match and that is what led to their loss.

With Kane back and Khaleel Ahmed available in the team, SRH would be looking to better their bowling attack and keep their batting strength intact at the same time. Here are three changes that they could make in their second game against Rajasthan to be played in their home ground:

#1 Kane Williamson instead of Deepak Hooda

Kane Williamson will be looking to repeat his 2018's performance this year

The first change that Hyderabad could make to their team is to replace Deepak Hooda with Kane Williamson. Hooda did not create any impact in the first game as he did not get a chance to bat and did not bowl either. With Williamson available for the second match, it would be a better move to shift the Kiwi star to his original batting position which is at No.3 so that Vijay Shankar can play at No.5 and hit the big shots. This will strengthen the middle order and will allow the openers to play freely as they know that have a good stable order to assist them.

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#2 Khaleel Ahmed for Sandeep Sharma

Khaleel Ahmed's left arm option provides a lot of variety in SRH's bowling attack

The only left-arm pacer to have made an impact since Zaheer Khan, Khaleel Ahmed has quickly risen through the ranks and has made it to the international level pretty soon. He is one of the finest pacers playing for the national team and is even a part of the World Cup plans.

His most obvious advantage is that he is left-handed which gives him a lot of variations. Adding to that, he generates very good speeds and has the ability to swing the ball. He really complements Bhuvneshwar Kumar very well as he is not only able to hold up one end very well but also chips in with quick wickets at intervals.

Also, he bowls in the death overs very well for India and his exposure at that level makes him a better player than Sandeep Sharma. It would be quite right to say that had Khaleel Ahmed played the first match instead of Sandeep Sharma, the results would indeed have been different. SRH should not delay his inclusion into the XI and should make full use of his abilities

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#3 Wriddhiman Saha in place of Johnny Bairstow

Saha has one of the safest and fastest hands in the cricketing community.

Johnny Bairstow is known to be one of the finest hitters of the ball. However, his performance in the first match proved otherwise. He played a rather slow knock of 39 runs off 35 balls striking just a touch above 100. In an era where 200's are being chased with ease, playing such knocks does not only slow the run rate but also creates pressure on the batsmen at the other end.

Though his batting may be superior to Wriddhiman Saha, Bairstow's keeping skills are nowhere around that of Wriddhiman Saha. Saha has one of the safest pair of hands in the international circuit and his agility helps that cause.

He isn't one of the hardest hitting batsmen but can complement David Warner superbly by rotating strike and putting the bad balls away. SRH couldn't make use of the start given to them and it would be wiser to have someone who can start hitting from the word go and Saha makes the perfect replacement for Bairstow in this case.

SRH will be really looking forward to getting their first one but it won't be an easy one considering the likes of Ben Stokes and Steve Smith in the Royals' side.

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