IPL 2019: What should be SRH's ideal playing XI

#3 Kane Williamson (C)

Kane Williamson will most likely don captain's cap in IPL 2019 as well

With David Warner's ouster from IPL 2018, no one expected SRH to reach the finals. However, Kane Williamson's brilliant captaincy and batting turned the tables as Hyderabad came out as a force to reckon, under the tutelage of Kane, in IPL 2018.

Williamson amassed 735 runs at an average of 52.50 and a strike-rate of 142.44 - outstanding numbers to have in a league like IPL. With 735 runs to his name, he finished as the highest run-scorer of IPL 2018. Moreover, having taken his team to the finals of IPL 2018, it is very likely that Kane will captain SRH in IPL 2019 as well.

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#4 Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey had a forgettable season in IPL 2018 as he failed to deliver the goods for SRH after having bought at a whopping price of INR 11 Crore. He did score 284 runs at an average of 25.81, but it wasn't something that SRH expected of Manish after having made the deal of INR 11 Crore.

Nonetheless, despite his poor run, Hyderabad retained him for IPL 2019. The reason being World Cup 2019 is around the corner, and it would have been difficult to buy back him at a lower price in 2019 IPL Auction. Thus, Manish Pandey will look to perform in IPL 2019 in a bid to get his place back in the Indian team as well.