Sunrisers Hyderabad

Franchise history

Sunrisers Hyderabad replaced the Deccan Chargers in 2012. They retained 20 players from the Chargers, which left slots open for 13 players (eight Indian, five overseas). They filled six of these with Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy, Sudeep Tyagi, Nathan McCullum, Quinton de Kock and Clint McKay. The team was announced in Chennai on 18 December 2012. The team is owned by Sun TV Network who won the bid of ₹ 850.5 million per year (approximately $15.9 million) for a five-year deal, a week after Deccan Chargers was terminated due to prolonged financial issues. Sun TV Network Limited, which is headquartered in Chennai, is one of India's biggest television network with 32 TV channels and 45 FM radio stations which is India's largest media and entertainment company.

The team jersey was unveiled on 8 March 2013, and the team anthem composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar was released on 12 March 2013. Their logo was unveiled on 20 December 2012, along with the announcement that the team's management would be led by Kris Srikkanth, Tom Moody and VVS Laxman.

2013 season

Sunrisers Hyderabad made their IPL debut and replaced Deccan Chargers.

Kumar Sangakkara has captained the Sunrisers Hyderabad for 9 Matches and Cameron White has captained for the remaining 7 matches and the Eliminator match in the Playoffs.

In their inaugural season, the team reached the playoffs but were eliminated after losing the eliminator match against Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on 22 May 2013.

The team played all their home games at home in Hyderabad.

2014 season

For the 2014 season, Pune Warriors India was defunct and not replaced, leaving only eight teams. The team retained two players, namely Dale Steyn and Shikhar Dhawan. As a result of this retention the team had an auction purse of Rs 380 million and two right-to-match cards. Shikhar Dhawan and Darren Sammy were named as Captain and Vice Captain respectively.

Due to the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections the season was partially held outside India with the opening 20 matches in the UAE with the remaining matches played in India from May 2 onwards.

The team finished 6th with 6 Wins and 8 Losses and failed to reach the Play-offs.

Dhawan led the team for the first 10 Matches while Sammy led the team for remaining 4 Matches in the League.

2015 season

For this 2015 season, SRH retained 13 players and released 11 players.

Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chama Milind, Dale Steyn, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma, KL Rahul, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Parveez Rasool and Ricky Bhui.

Released Players: Aaron Finch, Amit Mishra, Amit Paunikar, Brendan Taylor, Darren Sammy, Irfan Pathan, Jason Holder, Manprit Juneja, Prasanth Parameswaran, Srikkanth Anirudha and Venugopal Rao.

Added players: Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Hanuma Vihari, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Siddarth Kaul, Prasanth Padmanaban, Praveen Kumar and Kevin Pietersen (but later pulled out of IPL). Bipul Sharma was added as replacement for Laxmi Ratan Shukla(who was ruled out of IPL due to illness).

David Warner was appointed as the SRH captain for this season and lead the team in all the matches. Muttiah Muralitharan was appointed the team's bowling coach as well as mentor.

Sunrisers Hyderabad again finished 6th with 7 wins and 7 losses and failed to reach the Play-offs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad played their first 3 home games at Visakhapatnam and the remaining 4 home games at Hyderabad.

2016 season

For 2016 season, SRH has retained 15 players and released 9 players. After auction SRH Traded two players.

Retained Players: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Reddy, Naman Ojha, Eoin Morgan, Karn Sharma, Moises Henriques, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Ricky Bhui, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma

Released Players: Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ravi Bopara, Padmanabhan Prasanth, KL Rahul and Laxmi Ratan Shukla

Added Players: Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Ben Cutting, Tirumalasetti Suman, Deepak Hooda, Mustafizur Rahman , Aditya Tare, Barinder Sran, Vijay Shankar and Abhimanyu Mithun

Traded Players: KL Rahul, Parveez Rasool

Sunrisers Hyderabad are crowned champions with 11 wins and 6 losses

2017 season

SRH has retained 17 players and released 6 players from the Champions squad. Due to this effort SRH Spent ₹451 million (US$6.7 million) and kept the balance ₹209 million (US$3.1 million)

As SRH are the defending champions, as per IPL norms, they host both opening and closing ceremony of this season.

Retained Players: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Ben Cutting, Deepak Hooda, Yuvraj Singh, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Naman Ojha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Barinder Sran, Ashish Nehra, Abhimanyu Mithun, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman & Ricky Bhui

Released players: Trent Boult, Eoin Morgan, Aditya Tare, Tirumalasetti Suman, Karn Sharma & Ashish Reddy

Added Players: Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Chris Jordan, Tanmay Agarwal, Ben Laughlin, Mohammed Siraj, Eklavya Dwivedi & Pravin Tambe

Home ground

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is the principal cricket stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana, India and is the home ground of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. It is owned by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). It is located in the eastern suburb Uppal and has a seating capacity of 65,000.

In 2015, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium which is located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh is selected as the Secondary Home Ground for Sunrisers Hyderabad. It has a seating capacity of 38,000. In 2015, Sunrisers Hyderabad played their first 3 home games at this ground.

In 2017, As the Sunrisers Hyderabad are the Defending Champions, as per IPL norms, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is awarded to host the Opener and Final match of the season.But due to some riots in HCA it is still not decided whether the matches could be held or not

Honours

Captains

Current squad

Administration and support staff

Awards and achievements