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 2017 Indian Premier League, making their fifth outing in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by David Warner and coached by Tom Moody with Simon Helmot as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor. The Sunrisers drew an average home attendance of 26,000 in the 2017 IPL season.
They entered this edition as the defending champions and started their campaign against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on 5 April 2017 on a winning note. They qualified for playoffs but got lost to the Kolkata Knight Riders in Eliminator finishing fourth at the end of the tournament. Warner won the Orange Cap in the 2017 IPL by scoring 641 runs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 26 wickets won him the Purple Cap.
Player acquisition
Retention The Sunrisers Hyderabad retained 17 players and released 6 players from their 2016 squad. They went into the 2017 IPL auction with the remaining salary cap of
Player auction The player auction for the season was held on 20 February 2017 in Bangalore with more than 750 players having registered for the auction. The Sunrisers Hyderabad ended the auction with an addition of 8 players to their squad spending .
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 and Ricky Bhui
Released players Trent Boult, Eoin Morgan, Aditya Tare, Tirumalasetti Suman, Karn Sharma and Ashish Reddy
Added Players Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Chris Jordan, Tanmay Agarwal, Ben Laughlin, Mohammed Siraj, Eklavya Dwivedi and Pravin Tambe
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen 11 Tanmay Agarwal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 22 Kane Williamson Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 Overseas25 Shikhar Dhawan Left-handed Right-arm off break 2013 31 David Warner Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 Captain, Overseas32 Ricky Bhui Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 All-rounders5 Moisés Henriques Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 Overseas7 Mohammad Nabi Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Overseas12 Yuvraj Singh Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 14 Deepak Hooda Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 28 Bipul Sharma Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2015 30 Ben Cutting Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas59 Vijay Shankar Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Wicket-keepers53 Naman Ojha Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 54 Eklavya Dwivedi Right-handed Right-arm wicket keeper 2017 Bowlers9 Siddarth Kaul Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 13 Mohammed Siraj Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 15 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 19 Rashid Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 Overseas21 Abhimanyu Mithun Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 34 Chris Jordan Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Overseas51 Barinder Sran Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016 64 Ashish Nehra Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 90 Mustafizur Rahman Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016 Overseas 91 Ben Laughlin Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Overseas 92 Pravin Tambe Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017
Administration and support staff
Position Name Owner Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network) CEO K Shanmughan Head coach Tom Moody Assistant coach Simon Helmot Bowling coach Muttiah Muralitharan Mentor V. V. S. Laxman Physio Theo Kapakoulakis Source:
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Kit ManufacturersShirt Sponsor (Chest) Shirt Sponsor (Back) TYKAUltraTech Cement Red FM 93.5
Opening ceremony
Opening ceremony was held on 5 April 2017 at their home, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad. At the opening ceremony four former Indian cricket players Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman were felicitated. Bollywood actress Amy Jackson also performed in the ceremony.
Season overview
League stage Standings
Results by match
Playoff stage
Fixtures
League stage
Playoff Stage
Eliminator
Statistics
NameMatRunsHSAveSRWktsBBIAveEcoCtStShikhar Dhawan 14 479 77 36.84 127.39 - - - - 7 0 David Warner 14 641 126 58.27 141.81 - - - - 10 0 Kane Williamson 7 256 89 42.66 151.47 - - - - 1 0 Moisés Henriques 12 277 55* 46.16 136.45 1 1/6 248.00 10.33 5 0 Yuvraj Singh 12 252 70* 28.00 142.37 1 1/6 22.00 11.00 3 0 Deepak Hooda 10 78 19* 26.00 150.00 2 1/7 21.00 10.50 5 0 Vijay Shankar 4 101 63* 50.50 134.66 - - - - 1 0 Naman Ojha 14 79 34 19.75 121.53 - - - - 6 0 Ben Cutting 4 51 20 25.50 196.15 1 - 123.00 9.71 1 0 Chris Jordan 1 0 0* 0.00 0.00 1 1/9 9.00 9.00 1 0 Bipul Sharma 6 31 21* 31.00 138.09 3 1/4 43.00 7.89 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 3 2 2 2.00 66.66 2 1/13 29.00 5.27 0 0 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 14 4 4* 4.00 100.00 26 5/19 14.19 7.05 4 0 Rashid Khan 14 11 6* 5.50 122.22 17 3/19 21.05 6.62 5 0 Ashish Nehra 6 0 0* - 0.00 8 3/42 24.62 9.30 1 0 Mustafizur Rahman 1 - - - - 0 - - 12.75 0 0 Barinder Sran 1 - - - - 0 - - 14.50 0 0 Siddarth Kaul 10 0 0* - 0.00 16 4/29 18.75 8.41 3 0 Mohammed Siraj 6 - - - - 10 2/26 21.20 9.21 1 0
Full Table on ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 19 May 2017
Awards and achievements Awards Man of the Match No.DatePlayerOpponentVenueResultContributionRef. 1 Yuvraj Singh Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad Won by 35 Runs 62 (27) 2 Rashid Khan Gujarat Lions Hyderabad Won by 9 Wickets 3/19 (4 Overs) 3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Kings XI Punjab Hyderabad Won by 5 Runs 5/19 (4 Overs) 4 Kane Williamson Delhi Daredevils Hyderabad Won by 15 Runs 89(51) 5 Rashid Khan Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 26 Runs 1/16 (4 Overs) 6 David Warner Kolkata Knight Riders Hyderabad Won by 48 Runs 126 (59) 7 Shikhar Dhawan Mumbai Indians Hyderabad Won by 7 Wickets 62* (46) 8 Mohammed Siraj Gujarat Lions Kanpur Won by 8 Wickets 4/32 (4 overs) Season Awards Winner of Orange Cap: David Warner Winner of Purple Cap: Bhuvneshwar Kumar Vitara Brezza Glam Shot of the year: Yuvraj Singh
Achievements Second team after Chennai Super Kings in 2013 Indian Premier League to win both Orange Cap and Purple Cap. Warner becomes the First player to score 100+ as a captain and also for SRH Warner scores the highest score as a captain in all the IPL seasons. Most fours scored in the 2017 IPL: Warner (63) Fastest century in the 2017 IPL: Warner (43 balls) Highest score in the 2017 IPL: Warner (126) Most four wickets in the 2017 IPL: Siddarth Kaul (1)
Reaction The 2017 season performances helped the IPL see its brand value jump by 26% to the estimated value of 5.3 billion. The SunRisers also saw the increase in their brand value by 37% to 56 million in 2017, according to Duff & Phelps.
See also List of Sunrisers Hyderabad records
References
External links Sunrisers Hyderabad official website