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Six IPL teams have managed to successfully place a bid for being one of the teams in the newly formatted T20 league presented by Cricket South Africa, as per reports from Cricbuzz. The tournament is scheduled to hold its first edition in the year 2023 featuring a franchise model.

Virender Sehwag has reckoned that Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Rahul Tripathi was the best No. 3 batsman in the recently-concluded IPL 2022. Tripathi, who was bought at INR 8.5 crore at the mega auction, played a crucial role when SRH won five matches on the bounce, but due to lack of support, they failed.

Sunrisers Hyderabad did not do well in the IPL as they failed to qualify for the playoffs this season. The Kane Williamson-led side looked like a strong unit initially but coach Tom Moody feels that the injuries of T.Natarajan and Washington Sundar and some close defeats threw them off.

Former India cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin has said that Umran Malik deserves a place in the red-ball team after his performances in IPL 2022 on social media. Azharuddin further added that managing the workload of the bowler will be very critical and he should 'avoid succumbing to injuries'.