# 2022 Sunrisers Hyderabad season

Sunrisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League, making their tenth appearance in all IPL tournaments.

## Background

Trevor Bayliss and Brad Haddin stepped down as the head-coach and assistant coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad following the last-place finish in the 2021 Indian Premier League. VVS Laxman stepped down as mentor to take the job as the Director of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy. On December 23, 2021, Tom Moody, predecessor to Bayliss, was announced as the head-coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad 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 respectively. Katich left the team after the auction on 18 February 2022 citing bubble fatigue as the reason for his resignation. Sunrisers appointed Simon Helmot as their assistant coach for the IPL 2022. He previously worked under Moody as assistant coach for the Sunrisers between 2013 and 2019.

## Player acquisition

In preparation for the 2022 mega-auction, the franchise retained three players and released 25 in November 2021. As a result, they entered the auction with a remaining salary cap of ₹68 crore (US$8.1 million). The auction took place on 12 and 13 February 2022 in Bangalore, with the team acquiring 20 players, almost exhausting their salary cap. Sunrisers released veterans David Warner and Rashid Khan, their highest run scorer and their second highest wicket taker respectively. West Indies international Nicholas Pooran was the team's most expensive signing at purchase price of ₹10.75 crore (US$1.3 million).

### Players retained

    Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik.

### Players released

    David Warner, Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, T. Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford.

### Players acquired

    Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T. Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, Ravikumar Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahul Tripathi

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Year signed denotes the season the player was signed to the team
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batters |||||||||
| 11 | Priyam Garg | India | (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 22 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | ₹14 crore (US$1.7 million) | Captain, Overseas |
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | India | (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| 66 | Ravikumar Samarth | India | (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 94 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹2.6 crore (US$310,000) | Overseas |
| 1 | Abdul Samad | India | (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 4 | Abhishek Sharma | India | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹6.5 crore (US$780,000) | |
| 5 | Washington Sundar | India | (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹8.75 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| 21 | Shashank Singh | India | (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 48 | Romario Shepherd | Guyana | (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹7.75 crore (US$930,000) | Overseas |
| 70 | Marco Jansen | South Africa | (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2022 | ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) | Overseas |
| 77 | Sean Abbott | Australia | (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹2.4 crore (US$290,000) | Overseas |
| 37 | Shreyas Gopal | India | (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | 2022 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 6 | Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas |
| 29 | Nicholas Pooran | Trinidad and Tobago | (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹10.75 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas |
| 14 | Vishnu Vinod | India | (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 9 | Kartik Tyagi | India | (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2022 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) | |
| 24 | Umran Malik | India | (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2021 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 27 | Jagadeesha Suchith | India | (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 30 | Saurabh Dubey | India | (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Pulled out on 4 May due to injury. |
| 44 | T. Natarajan | India | (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Left arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 83 | Fazalhaq Farooqi | Afghanistan | (2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas |
| 32 | Sushant Mishra | India | (2000-12-23) 23 December 2000 (age 23) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Replacement for Dubey. |
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## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| Owner | Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network) |
| CEO | K Shanmughan |
| Head coach | Tom Moody |
| Assistant coach | Simon Helmot |
| Batting coach | Brian Lara |
| Spin bowling coach | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Pace bowling coach | Dale Steyn |
| Fielding coach | Hemang Badani |
| Source: ||

## Kit manufacturers and sponsors

On 17 March Sunrisers released their kit including the sponsors list for the 2022 Indian Premier League.
| Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Chest branding |
| Wrogn | CARS24 | BKT | Kent RO |
| Source : ||||
* T20 uniform

## Indian Premier League

A total of ten teams competed in the Indian Premier League in the 2022 season, an increase from eight in the previous season. The teams are divided into two groups of five with the teams being drawn according to the seedings based on their historic performance. Each team plays the other four teams in its own group twice, twice against the team in the same position in the opposite group, one game against each of the remaining teams in the opposite group. There is no relevant home-away formula as the matches are held in bio-secure bubbles across four venues, three in Mumbai and one in Pune, due to the ongoing pandemic. The four teams with the best overall record automatically qualifies for the playoffs.
The format for playoff stage remained same as the previous season where it was played according to the page playoff system and provided top two teams in the league stage with two ways of qualifying for the Final. The top two teams first faced each other in Qualifier 1, the winner of which qualified for the Final. The third and fourth placed teams in league stage faced each other in Eliminator. The loser of Qualifier 1 played against the winner of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2, the winner of which also qualified for the Final. The winner of Final was crowned as the IPL champions.

### Offseason

The fixtures for this season were released on 6 March with the Sunrisers Hyderabad playing their first match against the Rajasthan Royals on 29 March at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

## Season overview
### League stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.316 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | A | Rajasthan Royals (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.298 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.251 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.253 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.204 | |
| 6 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.126 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.146 | |
| 8 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.379 | |
| 9 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.203 | |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.506 | |

#### Results by match

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

## Statistics

| No. | Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | 4wi | 5wi | Ct | St |
| 1 | Abdul Samad | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4 | Abhishek Sharma | 14 | 426 | 75 | 30.42 | 133.12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5 | Washington Sundar | 9 | 101 | 40 | 14.42 | 146.37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2/21 | 39.83 | 8.53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9 | Kartik Tyagi | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 | 116.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/42 | 79.00 | 9.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11 | Priyam Garg | 2 | 46 | 42 | 23.00 | 139.39 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 24 | 8 | 8.00 | 92.30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3/22 | 31.91 | 7.34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21 | Shashank Singh | 10 | 69 | 25* | 17.25 | 146.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22 | Kane Williamson | 13 | 216 | 57 | 19.63 | 93.50 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – |
| 24 | Umran Malik | 14 | 4 | 3* | 4.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5/25 | 20.18 | 9.03 | 1 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 27 | Jagadeesha Suchith | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2/12 | 20.00 | 7.77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29 | Nicholas Pooran | 14 | 306 | 64* | 38.25 | 144.33 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| 37 | Shreyas Gopal | 1 | 9 | 9* | – | 128.57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/34 | 34.00 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44 | T. Natarajan | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 3/10 | 22.55 | 9.44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 48 | Romario Shepherd | 3 | 58 | 26* | 29.00 | 141.46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2/42 | 32.66 | 10.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | 14 | 413 | 76 | 37.54 | 158.23 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – |
| 70 | Marco Jansen | 8 | 9 | 8* | 9.00 | 128.57 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3/25 | 39.14 | 8.56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77 | Sean Abbott | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 140.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/47 | 47.00 | 11.75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 83 | Fazalhaq Farooqi | 3 | 2 | 2* | – | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2/32 | 55.00 | 9.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 94 | Aiden Markram | 14 | 381 | 68* | 47.62 | 139.05 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1/8 | 64.00 | 10.66 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
Last updated: 28 May 2022. Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Awards and achievements
### Awards
#### Man of the Match

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 9 April 2022 | Abhishek Sharma | Chennai Super Kings | Navi Mumbai | Won by 8 wickets | 75 (50) |
| 2 | 11 April 2022 | Kane Williamson | Gujarat Titans | Navi Mumbai | Won by 8 wickets | 57 (46) |
| 3 | 15 April 2022 | Rahul Tripathi | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai | Won by 7 wickets | 71 (37) |
| 4 | 17 April 2022 | Umran Malik | Punjab Kings | Navi Mumbai | Won by 7 wickets | 4/28 (4 overs) & 2 ct |
| 5 | 23 April 2022 | Marco Jansen | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai | Won by 9 wickets | 3/25 (4 overs) |
| 6 | 27 April 2022 | Umran Malik | Gujarat Titans | Mumbai | Lost by 5 wickets | 5/25 (4 overs) |
| 7 | 17 May 2022 | Rahul Tripathi | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Won by 3 runs | 76 (44) |

### Achievements

* Emerging player of the 2022 IPL : Umran Malik
* Highest strike rate in an innings in the 2022 IPL : Shashank Singh (416.66)

## Reaction

The Sunrisers coach Tom Moody said the team lost their winning momentum due to the injuries to their key players, Washington Sundar and T. Natarajan while praising the uncapped Indian trio of Umran Malik, Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi for their outstanding season. Moody said, “Overall, we are excited with the squad we have got. However, we will make certain adjustments to be stronger in 2023.”
On September 2, Moody parted ways with the team with the current batting coach, Brian Lara, taking over as the head-coach for the 2023 IPL season.