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Shami To Open Bowling With Pat Cummins? SRH's Probable Bowling Attack For IPL 2025

Aashay Chopade

Pat Cummins and Mohammed Shami (Source:@srhfansofficial/X.com)Pat Cummins and Mohammed Shami (Source:@srhfansofficial/X.com)

Sunrisers Hyderabad became one of the popular teams in IPL 2024 with their ultra-agressive batting. They posted some big totals and most of the limelight was taken by their powerful batters. However, their bowling group also did decently, and now ahead of the 2025 season, they have tried to fill some gap in that department.

They would be hoping that new additions would help them win the title this time around as it includes some big names who have played for India. Their season will start with a clash against Rajasthan Royals on March 23. So, let's now look at would be their probable bowling attack for IPL 2025.

SRH's IPL 2025 Squad

Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins (c), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rahul Chahar, Abhinav Manohar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Eshan Malinga, Wiaan Mulder, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Zeeshan Ansari, Aniket Verma, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby

Pat Cummins To Share New Ball With Mohammed Shami

SRH are all set to go with a world-class bowling pair as their opening bowlers. Both the players know how to make the ball talk and has truckloads of experience which will be crucial on flat decks in IPL. Shami was bought for 10 Crore while Cummins will lead SRH and was retained ahead of season

Mohammed Shami in Powerplay in 2022 and 2023 Seasons

Criterion
Data
Overs84
Wickets28

Dot Percentage in 2022 and 2023 seasons in Powerplay for Shami was 62.9 and 61.7.

Shami did not play in the last season due to injury, but in 2022 and 2023 seasons, he was brilliant in the Powerplay with 11 and 17 wickets respectively. He could perform a similar role for SRH this season and might also end bowling three overs in initial six overs. Pat Cummins too is a classical red-ball bowler and though he is most effective in Powerplay, in the last season, he picked wickets in all phases of innings.

Harshal Patel To Be Death-Over Specialist, Rahul Chahar To Lead Spin Attack

Harshal Patel has made his name in IPL as a death-specialist and first grabbed attention with 32 wickets in IPL 2021 for RCB. His performance in the last season for PBKS was also pretty good where he picked 24 wickets in 14 matches and expect him to bowl majority of his overs in the second half of an innings.

The table below shows his brilliant average and strike-rate in the last five overs of innings.Though his economy rate of around 10, it is accpetable in modern-day T20 cricket, especially in last five overs. Total, he has picked 135 wickets in his IPL career and 73 of those have come in last five, shows how frequently he bowls in that phase.

Harshal Patel From 16-20 Overs In IPL

Criterion
Data
Innings
78
Wickets
73
Economy10.02
Average17.2
Strike-Rate10.3

Rahul Chahar has fallen off the radar in the last couple of years with indifferent performances. However, if he can bring back his form from MI days where he picked wickets and choked the batters in middle overs on flat decks at Wankhede, he could be of great benefit for SRH. He has international experience too and 75 wickets in his kitty, is expected to lead the spin attack. 

Jaydev Unadkat Or Adam Zampa Likely To Be Used As Impact Player

Jaydev Unadkat is most likely to be used as an Impact Player if SRH bowls second. He will give a proper bowling option and can bring variety with his left-arm angle and ability to use slower conditions effectively. Wiaan Mulder is also a handy all-rounder and can bowl four overs on his day while if they go with only three overseas players, they can also use Adam Zampa as Impact Player which will help them in spin-friendly conditions.

Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Travis Head Useful With Ball

There are also other utility players like Nitish Reddy, Abhishek Sharma And Travis Head who can also contribute with the ball. All three have made impact with the ball in the shortest format before and have picked crucial wickets at international level too. Thus, SRH are a team with full of utility players and has great depth in their squad.

SRH's Probable Bowling Attack For IPL 2025

Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Jaydev Undakat and Adam Zampa (Impact Options)