In modern T20 cricket, Sunrisers Hyderabad have emerged as one of the most aggressive batting sides, relying heavily on power-hitting from the very first ball. In 2024, the franchise appointed World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins as their captain, who believed in a very different and fearless style of T20 cricket.
After finishing at the bottom of the table in IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad decided to change their approach in this toughest league in the world and bring two key Australian players into the squad, including Pat Cummins and Travis Head.
The team built a strong batting unit featuring players like Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aiden Markram, and Abdul Samad. From the openers to the lower order, the team follows a clear plan: attack almost every delivery and look for boundaries whenever possible. Their main focus is to make the most of the power play and score as many runs as they can while field restrictions are in place. This batting lineup surely carries potential to score 300 runs this season.
This aggressive approach is also helped by the Impact Player rule, which gives them an extra batting option and allows them to play with more freedom without worrying too much about losing early wickets.
The 2025 season had been average for the team, but still, they managed to pull off some amazing batting performances.
Their approach of dominating the bowlers from the very start of the game has inspired other teams to play in the same style of T20 cricket. In 2025, we often saw teams posting totals of 235 or more, and this trend largely followed the aggressive batting template set by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2024 season. Their fearless, power-hitting approach showed that consistently aiming for massive totals was possible, encouraging other teams to adopt a similar attacking mindset in T20 cricket.
Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026: Will they continue their dominance?
Sunrisers Hyderabad has assembled an even more dangerous batting lineup in IPL 2026, including batters like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Travis Head, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Liam Livingstone, and more. These batters are known for their attacking style of cricket, and having all of them in the same team makes SRH’s batting lineup one of the scariest this season.
SRH Squad for IPL 2026
Pat Cummins (C), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Liam Livingstone, Jack Edwards, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Smaran Ravichandran, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivam Mavi, and Brydon Carse.
