Former India batter-turned-veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that SRH’s bowling is their biggest challenge ahead of IPL 2026. He also said that the franchise won’t have the opportunity to defend 250-plus totals, also.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “There will probably be challenges since the bowling has been dealt a serious blow. Pat Cummins was already not there. So the bowling was already barely weak, and if Eshan Malinga can be not there, it means you’ll have to play Brydon Carse, or else you won’t have the opportunity to play with Indian bowling.”
“After I see their bowling, it has Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Omkar Tarmale, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, Shivam Mavi, Shivang Kumar and Harsh Dubey, however the bowling is weak. How they manage the bowling will probably be a challenge because in the event that they rating 250, they may concede 250. Their bowling looks like that. Unfortunately, that much might is just not being seen of their bowling,” he again shared.
Nonetheless, Aakash Chopra also shared hope that SRH bowling coach Varun Aaron’s confidence in his bowlers is correct.
“After I was chatting with Varun Aaron, he said I haven’t seen the boys, but he has seen them. He said he has seen Shivang, Harsh, and all other bowlers, that Shivam Mavi is bowling thoroughly, and that they’d be tremendous, and I’ll discover once I see them. I hope I discover,” he said.
“Nonetheless, at this time limit, while you see the team on paper, you see their entire bowling unit as a challenge, through which spin, especially, gets highlighted because with Zeeshan Ansari and Shivang Kumar, I actually don’t think they’re going with a really strong bowling attack. Spin is a definite, definite weakness. You can not ignore that in any respect,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
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