The 2026 season was Sunrisers Hyderabad's fourteenth appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the ten cricket teams that competed in the 2026 IPL. The team was captained by Pat Cummins and coached by Daniel Vettori.
Sunrisers Hyderabad finished in third place in the league stage, and advanced to Eliminator in the playoffs. However, they lost to Rajasthan Royals in Eliminator. Heinrich Klaasen scored the most runs (624) while Eshan Malinga took the most wickets (20) for Hyderabad in the 2026 season.
Pre-season
The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Sunrisers Hyderabad had previously won the title once in 2016. The team finished in sixth place in the previous season. The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026. Hyderabad played all of their home matches at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
Player retention Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad, including traded players while excluding players signed as temporary replacements. Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025. Hyderabad retained fifteen players, including captain Pat Cummins. Hyderabad also traded Mohammed Shami to Lucknow Super Giants.
+ Retained players Domestic Overseas Zeeshan Ansari Harsh Dubey Ishan Kishan Harshal Patel Smaran Ravichandran Nitish Kumar Reddy Abhishek Sharma Jaydev Unadkat Aniket Verma Brydon Carse Pat Cummins Travis Head Heinrich Klaasen Eshan Malinga Kamindu Mendis + Released players Batters Wicket-keepers All-rounders Bowlers Sachin Baby valign="top" Abhinav Manohar Wiaan Mulder Atharva Taide Rahul Chahar Mohammed Shami Simarjeet Singh Adam Zampa
Auction The season's auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The auction purse for each franchise was set at , with franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player. Hyderabad had a purse remaining of . Hyderabad bought ten players in the auction, including two capped players and two overseas players.
+ Auctioned players Domestic Overseas Capped Uncapped Capped Uncapped Shivam Mavi Salil Arora Krains Fuletra Praful Hinge Sakib Hussain Amit Kumar Shivang Kumar Onkar Tarmale Liam Livingstone Jack Edwards
Squad Players with international caps as of start of 2026 IPL are listed in bold. Ages are as of . Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol () and placed at the bottom of the table.
+ Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for the 2026 Indian Premier League Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes 4 Abhishek Sharma Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 7 Harsh Dubey Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 10 Smaran Ravichandran Left-handed Right-arm off break 15 Salil Arora Right-handed 16 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 18 Praful Hinge Right-handed Right arm fast-medium 21 Kamindu Mendis Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas 23 Ishan Kishan Left-handed Stand-in captain 27 Zeeshan Ansari Right-handed Right-arm leg break 30 Pat Cummins Right-handed Right arm fast Captain; overseas 37 Krains Fuletra Right-handed Right-arm unorthodox 45 Heinrich Klaasen Right-handed Right-arm off spin Overseas 57 Sakib Hussain Right-handed Right arm fast 62 Travis Head Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas 67 Shivang Kumar Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox 77 Amit Kumar Right-handed Right-arm leg break 88 Nitish Kumar Reddy Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 91 Jaydev Unadkat Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 93 Onkar Tarmale Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 97 Eshan Malinga Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas 108 Aniket Verma Right-handed Right arm medium-fast RS Ambrish Left-handed Right-arm medium Replacement Gerald Coetzee Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas; replacement Liam Livingstone Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas Dilshan Madushanka Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas; replacement 25 Shivam Mavi Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Withdrawn 32 Jack Edwards Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas; withdrawn 92 Brydon Carse Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas; withdrawn David Payne Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas; replacement; withdrawn
Support staff Varun Aaron replaced James Franklin as bowling coach while Simon Helmot and Hariesh Jaikumar joined the squad as assistant and batting coaches respectively.
Position Name Head coach Daniel Vettori Assistant coach Simon Helmot Batting coach Hariesh Jaikumar Bowling coach Varun AaronMuttiah Muralitharan Source: News18
League stage Sunrisers Hyderabad began their season with a loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, a win against Kolkata Knight Riders and two losses to Lucknow and Punjab Kings. They won their next five matches against Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan and Mumbai Indians; lost to Kolkata, won against Punjab and lost to Gujarat Titans. They won their last two matches against Channai and Bengaluru to finish the league stage in third place with nine wins from 14 matches, and advanced to Eliminator in the playoffs.
Points table
League progression
Fixtures
Playoffs Bracket
Eliminator
Statistics + Most runs Runs Player 624 Heinrich Klaasen 602 Ishan Kishan 563 Abhishek Sharma 410 Travis Head 302 Nitish Kumar Reddy + Most wickets Wickets Player 20 Eshan Malinga 15 Sakib Hussain 14 Praful Hinge 9 Shivang Kumar 8 3 players
References
External links
Sunrisers Hyderabad at IPLT20.com