IPL 2023: When it comes to the shortest format of the game, Aiden Markram is always a fascinating moniker to have in your side. A strong power hitter, rich of experience, far-sightedness and dynamicity to have in the ranks, the South African biffer automatically becomes a leadership choice whenever he comes up in any particular role.
He was shortly given the captain’s arm-band for the SEC in the augural edition of the SA20 and they left a tweet sending the fanbase into raptures as they announced the big man as their skipper. However, that is definitely not the end of the story.
Despite having a bank of INR 42 crore SRH couldn’t land the likes of Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and Cameron Green. However, amongst the new players purchased, Mayank Agarwal can be a leading moniker for leading the captaincy for the Orange Army.
With all said and done, there was a massive hint left by the Sunrisers, narrowing down the speculations to bare minimum. Talking to InsideSport, a SRH official said, “Who said we don’t have strong candidates? There are Bhuvneshwar and Aiden and with Mayank coming in, we have a solid leadership group. We will see how it goes in Ranji for Mayank and then take a call on the captaincy.”
Given the stature of the aforementioned players, they definitely have a lot of experience in domestic and international cricket combined. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been a leading force in the Indian pace bowling unit, spearheading the Indian charge in absence of Jasprit Bumrah. Aiden Markram is obviously a big name in international cricket when it comes to power-hitting. Doing justice to his towering stature, he would undoubtedly be a name that the Sunrisers will look up to in the forthcoming edition of the tournament.Last but not the least, an experienced household name in Mayank Agarwal will be a favourite to be handed over the captaincy given his recent runs with the armband but he will have to prove himself before Sunrisers manages to put him up as the face.
