IPL: SRH sign Harsh Dubey as replacement of Smaran Ravichandran
He will be joining the franchise for INR 30 lakh. The nature of Ravichandran's injury is not specified. Interestingly, Ravichandran was a replacement himself. He had replaced Australian spinner Adam Zampa who injured his shoulders three weeks ago.
Harsh Dubey has been making his name in the domestic circuit as a handy all-rounder. The 22-year-old Dubey has 127 wickets and 941 runs against his name from 16 T20s, 20 List A and 18 First-Class matches he has played.
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Dubey rose to prominence which is historic feat of 69 wickets in the 2024-25 Ranji Season for Vidharbha as he broke the record of most wickets in a single Ranji season held by Bihar's Ashutosh Aman. Dubey was a crucial cog in the title winning campaign for Vidharbha.
Finalists in the previous edition, Sunrisers Hyderabad are struggling massively this season.
The all-aggressive approach during batting was the biggest strength of the team last season but it has failed this year due to inconsistency. The likes of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma has blown hot and cold while Ishan Kishan after the century in the first game has performed poorly.
Bowling has been another concern for SRH with their main bowlers Pat Cummins and Mohmmed Shami performing poorly.
The franchise has won just three of their ten games so far and are in ninth place on the points table. Even if they win their remaining four games, they can only get to 14 points, which will leave them hoping a couple of the top-performing teams get on a losing streak. The poor net run rate of -1.192 won't help SRH as it is the poorest of the team including the already eliminated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajashthan Royals (RR).
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