Orange Army Wins

So then Eight years after winning the first trophy, the Hyderabad Franchise has lifted yet another IPL.

Sun Risers Hyderabad has been the most balanced team and few lines of gratitude for all the men who mattered. Before that, the starlet of clowns Sunny Gavaskar, Rameez Raja and Ravi Shastri, the official naysayers of SRH, Sunny being the most disgraceful with atrocious bloopers in the finals itself. It’s a pity BCCI has banned Harsha Bhogle and threw these clowns in the ring to broadcast a showbiz event as an IPL. They constantly felt SRH was a one-man team and here’s a microscopic look at the cardinal members of team SRH..

David Warner: Led from the front and has been extremely consistent. He has converted those flashy 20s and just 50s to something more purposeful this year as can be seen in the games against Gujrat Lions and the triple RCB encounters.

Laxman and Tom Moody: Great team selection to go for guys like
Deepak Hooda, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur and last but not the least Yuvraj Singh. The understatedness of both the men at the helm along with Murali got better of the exuberance of the RCB think tank.

Bhuvi and Fizz: Great bowling at the beginning and the death and you add their wickets and Bhuvi’s purple cap along with the efforts of Sran and Nehra, it’s a formidable bowling unit.

Henriques and Cutting: Good that a level headed Cutting was held back at the business end of the tournament for he is the perfect all-rounder. Big Tom might have had a big hand in his selection. His knock against Kings XI which almost confirmed our qualification against Mohali made the SRH fans to believe that we may go beyond the one-off playoff this season.

Bipul Sharma: Great contribution in the last three games, his efforts against KKR to get those extra 17 runs to disappoint Shastri and Sunny and to follow up with the batting against the Lions and then his match-changing catch to get Gayle and the prized wicket of the coincidental and unfortunate final choker ABD.

Yuvraj Singh: Ever since Rohit Sharma left, the Hyderabad Franchise lacked a strong Indian presence in the lineup and though Shikar Dhawan made it up to an extent, the inclusion of Yuvraj under the mentorship of VVS was a huge boost for he made an impactful contribution in all the important games in a way that only Yuvi could. The moment of the IPL for me is was when Yuvraj ran MS Dhoni out and the fire and zest he had in his eyes.

Lastly, Virat Kohli, a great leader, and a graceful loser wish the RCB fans had more voice when their team was doing a lap of honor.

Kudos to team SRH and takeaway for Virat Kohli is, even if he ends up selecting three more devastating batsmen in the lineup, he will have to realize that Batsmen win you Matches and produce those unforgettable moments of magic but Bowlers win you tournaments. The Ashvins, Bhajis Malingas Sunil Naraines and now the Bhuvis and Mustafizurs not the Kohli’s Rohit Sharmas Dhonis or ABDs and Gayles.

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