Overview
- - Sunrisers Hyderabad bought uncapped Punjab batter Salil Arora for about INR 1.5 crore after a bidding contest with Mumbai Indians.
- - Irfan Pathan compared Arora’s talent to Abhishek Sharma’s, citing the youngster’s emergence from Punjab’s domestic pipeline.
- - Arora scored 358 runs in the 2025–26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at an average of roughly 71.6 and a strike rate near 200, including an unbeaten 125 off 45 balls.
- - Pathan said Arora is likely to begin as a backup in the lower-middle order, increasing pressure on Nitish Kumar Reddy and Aniket Verma to hold their places.
- - He also highlighted Shivam Mavi’s improved action and consistent pace above 140 km/h, as SRH prepare to face RCB on March 28 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.