The Sunrisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League, making their ninth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was coached by Trevor Bayliss with Brad Haddin as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor.
They began the season with a loss against the Kolkata Knight Riders and failed to qualify for the playoffs finishing eighth at the end of the tournament.
Background On 15 December 2020, Tom Moody was appointed as the Director of Cricket for Sunrisers Hyderabad. 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. The Sunrisers acquired services of two domestic players and an overseas player.
Retained players David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Thangarasu Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi
Released players Sanjay Yadav, Bavanaka Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Prithvi Raj
Added players Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Replacement players Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Umran Malik
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Year signed denotes the season the player first played for the team
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batsmen1 Abdul Samad Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 8 Virat Singh Left-handed Right-arm leg spin 2020 11 Priyam Garg Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2020 18 Kedar Jadhav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 20 Jason Roy Right-handed Right-arm medium 2021 Overseas, Replacement for Marsh.21 Manish Pandey Right-handed 2018 22 Kane Williamson Right-handed Right-arm off break 2015 Captain, Overseas31 David Warner Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 Overseas All-rounders4 Abhishek Sharma Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 5 Mitchell Marsh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2020 Overseas. Pulled out on 31 March for personal reasons.7 Mohammad Nabi Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Overseas59 Vijay Shankar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Isolated as primary contact for COVID-19.98 Jason Holder Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas Sherfane Rutherford Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 Overseas, Replacement for Bairstow. Pulled out on 23 September for personal reasons. Wicket-keepers6 Wriddhiman Saha Right-handed 2018 36 Shreevats Goswami Left-handed 2018 51 Jonny Bairstow Right-handed 2019 Overseas. Pulled out on 11 September owing to bubble fatigue. Bowlers9 Siddarth Kaul Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 15 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 19 Rashid Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 Overseas24 Umran Malik Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 Short-term replacement for Natarajan.25 Khaleel Ahmed Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2018 30 Basil Thampi Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 44 T. Natarajan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2018 Pulled out on 22 April due to knee injury and returned for UAE leg. Tested positive for COVID-19 on 22 September.45 Jagadeesha Suchith Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 66 Sandeep Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 77 Mujeeb Ur Rahman Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 Overseas88 Shahbaz Nadeem Right-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019
Administration and support staff Position Name Owner Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network) CEO K Shanmughan Director of cricket Tom Moody Head coach Trevor Bayliss Assistant coach Brad Haddin Bowling coach Muttiah Muralitharan Fielding coach Biju George Physio Theo Kapakoulakis Physical trainer Mario Villavarayan Source:
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Season overview League stage Standings
Results by match
Fixtures
League stage
Statistics No. Name Runs
Awards and achievements Awards Man of the Match No. Date Player Opponent Venue Result Contribution Ref. 1 Jonny Bairstow Punjab Kings Chennai Won by 9 wickets 63* (56) 2 Jason Holder Punjab Kings Sharjah Lost by 5 runs 3/19 (4 overs) and 47* (29) 3 Jason Roy Rajasthan Royals Dubai Won by 7 wickets 60 (42) 4 Kane Williamson Royal Challengers Bangalore Sharjah Won by 4 runs 31 (29) and 2 catches
Achievements Mohammad Nabi became the first player in the IPL history to take five catches in a single match.
Reaction Trevor Bayliss and Brad Haddin stepped down as the head-coach and assistant coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad following the last-place finish. VVS Laxman stepped down as mentor to take the job as the Director of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy. On 23 December 2021, Tom Moody, predecessor to Bayliss, was announced as the head-coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 Indian Premier League with Simon Katich appointed as the assistant-coach. Dale Steyn, Brian Lara and Hemang Badani were also appointed as pace-bowling, batting and fielding coaches.
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References
External links Sunrisers Hyderabad official website