IPL 2021: Team-wise youngest and oldest player

8. Sunrisers Hyderabad

Oldest- Wriddhiman Saha

Wriddhiman Saha is one of the many wicketkeeper-batsmen whose career map clashed with that of MS Dhoni’s. He had to be content with playing second fiddle to MS Dhoni during his prime years and only got a chance in the test team once he retired.

Saha is the oldest member in the SRH camp aged 36. He came into the team during the last few games last season and didn’t fail to have an impact as he scored 214 in just 4 games. He averaged 71.33 and even his strike rate of 139.86 was very good.

In 124 IPL matches, he has scored 1979 runs at an average of 25.7 and strikes at 132.02. He is likely to start for SRH as their keeper batsman in the first couple of game and he will have to perform at his very best as he will have strong competition in the form of Jonny Bairstow.

Youngest- Abdul Samad

Abdul Samad is quite a special talent as it isn’t often we find dangerous Indian finishers. He was quite good in the limited opportunities he got last season and showed that he has the ability to become a very good finisher in the future.

He plays for Jammu and Kashmir in domestic cricket, and had a decent outing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Samad can also bowl part-time leg spin, which could help him get into the Indian team provided he plays well during the next couple of seasons.

Samad scored 111 runs in 12 games at an average of 22.2 and his strike rate of 170.76 was quite brilliant. His strike rates in all 3 formats of the game are in excess of 100, and it wouldn’t be wrong to say that this 19-year-old is amongst the top young players in India.