The

Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad (stylised as SunRisers Hyderabad, SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the SUN Group and was ...

(often abbreviated as SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in

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, which plays in the

Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...

(IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the

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, making their ninth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was coached by

Trevor Bayliss Trevor Harley Bayliss (born 21 December 1962) is an Australian cricket coach and former first class cricketer. He played for New South Wales between 1985 and 1997 before becoming a coach. Bayliss was coach of England from 2015 to 2019. He coa ...

with

Brad Haddin Bradley James Haddin (born 23 October 1977), is a former Australian cricketer, vice-captain and coach who represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket. He played domestically for New South Wales as a right-handed batsman a ...

as assistant coach,

Muttiah Muralitharan Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan ( si, මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, ta, முத்தையா முரளிதரன், also spelt Muralidaran; born 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional c ...

as bowling coach and

VVS Laxman Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (; born 1 November 1974) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit. A right-hand batsman known for his elegant stroke play, Laxman played as a middle-order batsman in T ...

as mentor. They began the season with a loss against the

Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The Knight Riders p ...

and failed to qualify for the playoffs finishing eighth at the end of the tournament.

Background

On 15 December 2020,

Tom Moody Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965) is a former Australian international cricketer and current Director of Cricket of Sri Lanka Cricket. He ended his long tenure with the Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad in August 2022 and ...

was appointed as the Director of Cricket for

. He coached the Sunrisers since its inception in 2013 until the end of 2019 season. The Sunrisers won their only IPL title in 2016 under his charge.

Player acquisition

The Sunrisers Hyderabad retained 22 players and released five players as they announced their retention list on 20 January 2021 ahead of the auction. They will enter into the auction with the remaining salary cap of to fill minimum of three domestic and one overseas players' slot. The players' auction took place on 18 February 2021 in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

. The Sunrisers acquired services of two domestic players and an overseas player. ;Retained players:

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Wriddhiman Saha Wriddhiman Prasanta Saha (born 24 October 1984) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team. He is a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He plays for Tripura in domestic cricket and for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Pr ...

Shreevats Goswami Shreevats Goswami (born 18 May 1989) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He was born in Liluah in Howrah city, the twin city of Kolkata, West Bengal. He started playing cricket at the age of 11. He played domes ...

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, Vijay Shankar,

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, Abhishek Sharma,

Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Ross Marsh (born 20 October 1991) is an Australian international cricketer. Marsh has represented Australia in all three forms of cricket, making his debut during the 2011–12 season. Personal life Marsh is the second son of Geoff Mar ...

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, Abdul Samad, Thangarasu Natarajan,

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh (born 5 February 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who is playing for the Indian cricket team. He currently plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League and Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket. He is ...

Shahbaz Nadeem Shahbaz Nadeem (born 12 August 1989) is an Indian international cricketer who is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He made his first-class cricket debut in December 2004. He has played for Bihar Under-14 side and Indian U-19s and currently plays ...

Khaleel Ahmed Khaleel Ahmed (born 5 December 1997) is an Indian international cricketer. He made his debut for Indian cricket team in September 2018. Early life and background Khaleel's father was Khursheed Ahmed, a nurse in a village near the small town o ...

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Sandeep Sharma Sandeep Sharma (born 18 May 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Chandigarh. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler. Sharma has represented India at two Under-19 World Cups - 2010 and 2012. He was a key member of the Indian ...

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;Released players: Sanjay Yadav,

Bavanaka Sandeep Bavanaka Parameswar Sandeep (born 25 April 1992) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad. He was the leading run-scorer for Hyderabad in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 400 runs in four matches. In July 2018, he was named in ...

, Billy Stanlake,

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, Prithvi Raj ;Added players:

Jagadeesha Suchith Jagadeesha Suchith (born 16 January 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka cricket team. A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Suchith is also playing in the Indian Premier League. Career Suchith played for vari ...

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;Replacement players:

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, Sherfane Rutherford,

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Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold. * Year signed denotes the season the player first played for the side

Administration and support staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Season overview

League stage

Standings

Results by match

Fixtures

League stage

Statistics

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Awards and achievements

Awards

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, ,

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Achievements

became the first player in the

IPL The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...

history to take five catches in a single match.

Reaction

and

stepped down as the head-coach and assistant coach of the

following the last-place finish.

stepped down as mentor to take the job as the Director of Cricket at the

National Cricket Academy The National Cricket Academy is a cricket facility of the BCCI for the purpose of developing young cricketers who have been identified as having the potential to represent the Indian cricket team. It was established in the year 2000 and is loca ...

. On December 23 2021,

, predecessor to Bayliss, was announced as the head-coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the

2022 Indian Premier League The 2022 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 15 or for sponsorship reasons, Tata IPL 2022, was the fifteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricke ...

with

Simon Katich Simon Matthew Katich (born 21 August 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He captained New South Wales and also, until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Katich also played for Lancashire, represen ...

appointed as the assistant-coach.

Dale Steyn Dale Willem Steyn (; born 27 June 1983) is a South African former professional cricketer who played for the South African Cricket Team. He is often regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time and the best Test bowler of his generat ...

Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing reco ...

and

Hemang Badani Hemang Kamal Badani (; born 14 November 1976) is a former Indian Cricketer, who played for the Tamil Nadu and Vidarbha cricket teams. He also captained the Tamil Nadu cricket team. Early life Hemang Badani is born in a Gujarati family in Chen ...

were also appointed as pace-bowling, batting and fielding coaches.

Notes

Footnotes

References

External links

Sunrisers Hyderabad official website
{{Sunrisers Hyderabad 2021 Indian Premier League Sunrisers Hyderabad seasons