Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League, their fourth outing in the competition. The team was captained by David Warner and coached by Tom Moody with Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor. They started their campaign against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 12 April 2016 on a losing note but went on to win their first IPL title, beating the same opposition in the final on 29 May 2016 by 8 runs. In the process, they became the first team to win both, the Eliminator match and Qualifier 2 before winning the final. Ben Cutting was declared the man of the match in the final and Mustafizur Rahman was declared as the emerging player of the season. Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the Purple Cap for taking 23 wickets in this IPL.
Administration and support staff
Owner – Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network) Head coach – Tom Moody Assistant coach – Simon Helmot Bowling coach – Muttiah Muralitharan Mentor – VVS Laxman Source :
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Players auction
The players auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League held in Bangalore on 6 February 2016. All eight franchises had participated in the auction. SRH has retained 15 players and released 9 players from the previous season. Due to this effort SRH Spent and kept the balance Added 10 players to the team.
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 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
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen Kane Williamson Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 Overseas. Eoin Morgan Left-handed Right-arm medium 2015 Overseas. Shikhar Dhawan Left-handed Right-arm off break 2013 David Warner Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 Captain, Overseas. Ricky Bhui Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 Tirumalasetti Suman Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 All-rounders Moisés Henriques Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 Overseas. Yuvraj Singh Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Deepak Hooda Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 Bipul Sharma Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2015 Ben Cutting Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas. Vijay Shankar Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Ashish Reddy Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Wicket-keepers Naman Ojha Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Aditya Tare Right-handed Right-arm wicket keeper 2016 Bowlers Siddarth Kaul Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 Trent Boult Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2015 Overseas. Barinder Sran Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016 Ashish Nehra Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 Withdrew due to hamstring injury. Mustafizur Rahman Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016 Overseas. Abhimanyu Mithun Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Karn Sharma Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2013
Standings
Match summary
Results by match
Fixtures League stage
Playoff stage
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
NameMatRunsHSAveSRWktsBBIAveEcoCtStShikhar Dhawan 17 501 82* 38.53 116.78 - - - - 5 0 David Warner 17 848 93* 60.57 151.42 - - - - 4 0 Moisés Henriques 17 182 31* 15.16 115.18 12 2/17 34.58 7.98 11 0 Yuvraj Singh 10 236 44 26.22 131.84 0 - - 8.43 1 0 Eoin Morgan 7 123 51 24.60 117.14 - - - - 3 0 Kane Williamson 6 124 50 20.66 101.63 0 - - 7.00 5 0 Deepak Hooda 17 144 34 10.28 119.00 3 2/16 32.33 7.46 3 0 Ben Cutting 4 65 39* 32.50 191.17 5 2/20 16.00 7.16 1 0 Naman Ojha 17 136 37 13.60 98.55 - - - - 18 0 Ashish Reddy 4 47 32 23.50 162.06 1 1/14 39.00 10.17 1 0 Aditya Tare 3 8 8 4.00 53.33 - - - - 1 0 Bipul Sharma 7 51 27* 25.50 204.00 3 1/10 40.33 8.64 2 0 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 17 43 21 7.16 159.25 23 4/29 21.30 7.42 6 0 Barinder Sran 14 4 2* - 100.00 14 3/28 29.50 8.34 2 0 Karn Sharma 5 36 26* - 120.00 0 - - 10.46 0 0 Mustafizur Rahman 16 - - - - 17 3/16 24.76 6.90 2 0 Ashish Nehra 8 1 1* - 100.00 9 3/15 22.11 7.65 1 0 Trent Boult 1 - - - - 1 1/39 39.00 9.75 1 0
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Awards and achievements Awards Man of the Match
No. Date Player Opponent Venue Result Contribution 1 David Warner Mumbai Indians Hyderabad Won by 7 wickets 90*(59) 2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Gujarat Lions Rajkot Won by 10 wickets 4/29 (4 Overs) 3 Mustafizur Rahman Kings XI Punjab Hyderabad Won by 5 wickets 2/9 (4 Overs) 4 David Warner Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad Won by 15 runs 92(50) 5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Gujarat Lions Hyderabad Won by 5 wickets 2/28 (4 Overs) 6 Ashish Nehra Mumbai Indians Visakhapatnam Won by 85 runs 3/15 (3 Overs) Play-offs 7 Moises Henriques Kolkata Knight Riders (Eliminator) Delhi Won by 22 Runs 31(21) & 2/17 (3 Overs) 8 David Warner Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 2) Delhi Won by 4 Wickets 93*(58) 9 Ben Cutting Royal Challengers Bangalore (Final) Bangalore Won by 8 Runs 39(15) & 2/35 (4 Overs) Season Awards Champions of the 2016 Indian Premier League Winner of 2016 Fair Play Award Winner of Purple Cap: Bhuvneshwar Kumar Emerging player of the season: Mustafizur Rahman Ball of the tournament: Mustafizur Rahman Vitara Brezza Glam Shot of the Season: David Warner Source :
Achievements Biggest six of the tournament : Ben Cutting Yes bank maximum : David Warner Most Fours scored : David Warner Most Dot Balls Bowled : Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Reaction The 2016 season performances helped the IPL see its brand value jump by 19% to the estimated value of 4.16 billion. The SunRisers also saw the increase in their brand value by 17% to 41 million in 2016, according to Duff & Phelps.
See also List of Sunrisers Hyderabad records
References
External links Sunrisers Hyderabad official website