# 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad season

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 competing in the 2014 Indian Premier League. This was their second outing in IPL. The team was being captained by Shikhar Dhawan but later replaced by Darren Sammy. The team was coached by Tom Moody with Waqar Younis as their bowling coach, VVS Laxman and Kris Srikkanth as the mentors for this team.
The Sunrisers started their campaign against Rajasthan Royals on 18 April 2014 at Abu Dhabi on a losing note and failed to qualify for Play-Offs finishing 6th at the end of the tournament.

## Background

Due to the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections the season was partially held outside India with the opening 20 IPL matches which includes 5 SRH matches in the UAE with the remaining matches played in India from May 2 onwards.

## Administration and support staff

* Owner – Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network)
* Head coach – Tom Moody
* Assistant coach – Simon Helmot
* Bowling coach – Waqar Younis
* Mentor – VVS Laxman & Kris Srikkanth

## Kit manufacturers and sponsors

| Kit Manufacturers | Shirt Sponsor (Chest) | Shirt Sponsor (Back) | Chest Branding |
| TYKA | WHSmith | SpiceJet | Red FM 93.5 |
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## Players auction

The players auction for the 2014 Indian Premier League held on 12 and 13 February 2014. All eight franchises had participated in the auction. SRH has retained 2 players and released 11 players from the previous season. As a result of this retention the team had an auction purse of Rs 380 million and 2 Right To Match(RTM) cards. Added 22 players to the team. They used two RTM card to bring Amit Mishra and Darren Sammy back into the team.
Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Dale Steyn
Released Players: Kumar Sangakkara, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Quinton de Kock, Jean-Paul Duminy, Chris Lynn, Nathan McCullum, Clint McKay, Amit Mishra, Parthiv Patel, Thisara Perera, Padmanabhan Prasanth, Veer Pratap Singh, Sachin Rana, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Akshath Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Darren Sammy, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma, Thalaivan Sargunam, Sudeep Tyagi, Hanuma Vihari, Cameron White
Added Players: David Warner, Darren Sammy, Amit Mishra, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Brendan Taylor, Moisés Henriques, Venugopal Rao, Jason Holder, Aaron Finch, Srikkanth Anirudha, Manpreet Juneja, K. L. Rahul, Parvez Rasool, Prasanth Parameswaran, Karn Sharma, Amit Paunikar, Naman Ojha, Ricky Bhui, Ashish Reddy, Chama Milind

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Signed Year denotes year from which player is associated with Sunrisers Hyderabad
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| Srikkanth Anirudha | India | (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 27) | Right-handed | | 2014 | |
| Ricky Bhui | India | (1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2013 | Captain. |
| Aaron Finch | Australia | (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2014 | Overseas. |
| Manprit Juneja | India | (1990-09-12)12 September 1990 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 | |
| Venugopal Rao | India | (1982-02-26)26 February 1982 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 | |
| David Warner | Australia | (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | Overseas. |
| All-rounders |||||||
| Moisés Henriques | Australia | (1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | Overseas. |
| Jason Holder | West Indies | (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | Overseas. |
| Irfan Pathan | India | (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2014 | |
| Parvez Rasool | India | (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 | |
| Ashish Reddy | India | (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2013 | |
| Darren Sammy | West Indies | (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2013 | Overseas. |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Naman Ojha | India | (1983-07-20)20 July 1983 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | |
| Amit Paunikar | India | (1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm Wicket keeper | 2014 | |
| K. L. Rahul | India | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | |
| Brendan Taylor | Zimbabwe | (1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 | Overseas. |
| Bowlers |||||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | |
| Chama Milind | India | (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 19) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2014 | |
| Amit Mishra | India | (1982-11-24)24 November 1982 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2013 | |
| Prasanth Parameswaran | India | (1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2014 | |
| Ishant Sharma | India | (1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2013 | |
| Karn Sharma | India | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2013 | |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa | (1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2013 | Overseas. |

## Season overview
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Kings XI Punjab (R) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0.968 |
| 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.418 |
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings (3) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.385 |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians (4) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.095 |
| 5 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.060 |
| 6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.399 |
| 7 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.428 |
| 8 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −1.182 |
* Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
* advanced to the Qualifier and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Group Stage
* advanced to the Eliminator and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Group Stage
* advanced to the Eliminator and 2014 Champions League Twenty20 Qualifying Stage

### Results by match

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

## Statistics

* David Warner became highest run-getter for SRH in IPL 2014.
* Shikhar Dhawan became second highest run-getter for SRH in IPL 2014.
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar became highest wicket-taker for SRH in IPL 2014.
* Karn Sharma became second highest wicket-taker for SRH in IPL 2014.
| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 14 | 377 | 64* | 29.00 | 118.18 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| David Warner | 14 | 528 | 90 | 48.00 | 140.80 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| Naman Ojha | 11 | 232 | 79* | 38.66 | 144.09 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Aaron Finch | 13 | 309 | 88* | 28.09 | 117.49 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| K. L. Rahul | 11 | 166 | 46 | 20.75 | 101.21 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Darren Sammy | 10 | 108 | 29 | 15.42 | 118.68 | 3 | 1/20 | 52.33 | 11.21 | 5 | 0 |
| Venugopal Rao | 7 | 71 | 27 | 23.66 | 112.69 | 0 | - | - | 8.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Irfan Pathan | 10 | 55 | 23* | 27.50 | 101.85 | 4 | 2/10 | 51.25 | 8.66 | 2 | 0 |
| Karn Sharma | 14 | 42 | 17* | 10.50 | 144.82 | 15 | 4/38 | 25.06 | 7.42 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Steyn | 14 | 22 | 12 | 7.33 | 84.61 | 11 | 2/20 | 39.18 | 7.69 | 7 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 25.00 | 20 | 4/14 | 17.70 | 6.65 | 2 | 0 |
| Amit Mishra | 10 | 4 | 4* | 4.00 | 57.14 | 7 | 2/23 | 48.57 | 9.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Moisés Henriques | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4.50 | 64.28 | 4 | 2/26 | 24.00 | 9.60 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Holder | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16.00 | 133.33 | 1 | 1/35 | 35.00 | 11.66 | 2 | 0 |
| Srikkanth Anirudha | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 60.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Parvez Rasool | 3 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | 1 | 1/26 | 83.00 | 9.22 | 1 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2/37 | 33.66 | 9.18 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 Oct 2017

## Awards and achievements
### Player of the match awards

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 25 April 2014 | Aaron Finch | Delhi Daredevils | Dubai | Won by 4 runs | 88* (53) |
| 2 | 30 April 2014 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Mumbai Indians | Dubai | Won by 15 runs | 2/17 (4 overs) |
| 3 | 8 May 2014 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad | Won by 32 runs | 4/14 (4 overs) |
| 4 | 10 May 2014 | Dale Steyn | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | Won by 8 wickets (D/L) | 2/20 (4 overs) |
| 5 | 20 May 2014 | David Warner | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad | Won by 7 Wickets | 59 (46) |
| 6 | 22 May 2014 | David Warner | Chennai Super Kings | Ranchi | Won by 6 Wickets | 90 (45) |

### Achievements

* Best Catches of the season : Dale Steyn

## Reaction

The IPL saw increase in its brand value in 2014 to US$3.2 billion while the Sunrisers' brand value was increased by 57% to US$25 million from its purchase value of US$15.9 million in 2013, according to American Appraisal.