Hyderabad, April 16 -- The induction of two untried young bowlers, Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain, worked wonders for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in its last match against Rajasthan Royals. As is well known, fast bowlers hunt in pairs. SRH seems to have unearthed two young lions who worked in tandem to destroy the all-conquering Rajasthan Royals. The Royals were looking for an easy victory, but instead they came crashing down to their first defeat in the ongoing IPL season, and an ignominious one at that.

SRH had managed just one win in their first four games, so something had to be done. They took a risk by dropping the experienced pace duo of Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat. Harshal had been wicketless in three matches with an economy r...