# 2015 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 that are competing in the 2015 Indian Premier League. This was their third outing in IPL. The team was being captained by David Warner and coached by Tom Moody with Muttiah Muralitharan as their bowling coach and VVS Laxman as the mentor for this team.
The Sunrisers started their campaign against Chennai Super Kings on April 11, 2015, at Chennai on a losing note and failed to qualify for Play-Offs finishing 6th at the end of the tournament. David Warner won the Orange Cap by scoring 562 runs in this IPL.

## Background

They appointed Muttiah Muralitharan as their bowling coach for 2015 season
ACA-VDCA Stadium which is located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh is selected as the Secondary Home Ground for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. It has a seating capacity of 38,000. Sunrisers Hyderabad played their first 3 home games at this ground.

## Administration and support staff

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

## Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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

The players auction for the 2015 Indian Premier League held on 16 February 2015. All eight franchises had participated in the auction. SRH has retained 13 players and released 11 players from the previous season. As a result of this retention the team had an auction purse of Rs 208.5 million. Added 10 players to the team. Later, there has been a replacement in the team with Bipul Sharma filling in for Laxmi Ratan Shukla.
Retained Players: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chama Milind, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma, K. L. Rahul, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui
Released Players: Aaron Finch, Amit Mishra, Amit Paunikar, Brendan Taylor, Darren Sammy, Irfan Pathan, Jason Holder, Manprit Juneja, Prasanth Parameswaran, Anirudha Srikkanth, Venugopal Rao
Added Players: Trent Boult, Praveen Kumar, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Kane Williamson, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Padmanabhan Prasanth, Hanuma Vihari, Siddarth Kaul, Kevin Pietersen
Replacement Players: Bipul Sharma

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Signed Year denotes year from which player is associated with the Sunrisers Hyderabad
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| Ricky Bhui | India | (1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2013 | |
| Eoin Morgan | England | (1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2015 | Overseas. Unavailable due to national commitments. |
| Kevin Pietersen | England | (1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | Overseas. Withdrew due to other reasons. |
| Hanuma Vihari | India | (1993-10-13)13 October 1993 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2015 | |
| David Warner | Australia | (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | Captain, Overseas. |
| Kane Williamson | New Zealand | (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | Overseas. |
| All-rounders |||||||
| Ravi Bopara | England | (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2015 | Overseas. Unavailable due to national commitments. |
| Moisés Henriques | Australia | (1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | Overseas. |
| Parvez Rasool | India | (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 | |
| Ashish Reddy | India | (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | |
| Bipul Sharma | India | (1983-09-28)28 September 1983 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2015 | Replacement to LR Shukla. |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | India | (1981-05-06)6 May 1981 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2015 | Withdrew due to Injury. |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Naman Ojha | India | (1983-07-20)20 July 1983 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | |
| K. L. Rahul | India | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm Wicket keeper | 2014 | |
| Bowlers |||||||
| Trent Boult | New Zealand | (1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2015 | Overseas. |
| Siddarth Kaul | India | (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2015 | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | |
| Praveen Kumar | India | (1986-10-02)2 October 1986 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2015 | |
| Chama Milind | India | (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2014 | |
| Padmanabhan Prasanth | India | (1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2015 | |
| Ishant Sharma | India | (1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2013 | |
| Karn Sharma | India | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2013 | |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa | (1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2013 | Overseas. |

## Season overview
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.709 |
| 2 | Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.043 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 1.037 |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (4) | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0.062 |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0.253 |
| 6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.239 |
| 7 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.049 |
| 8 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −1.436 |
* Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
* advanced to the Qualifier
* advanced to the Eliminator
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

### Results by match

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

## Statistics

* David Warner became highest run-getter for SRH winning Orange Cap in IPL 2015.
* Shikhar Dhawan became second highest run-getter for SRH in IPL 2015.
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar became highest wicket-taker for SRH in IPL 2015.
* Moises Henriques became second highest wicket-taker for SRH in IPL 2015.
| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 14 | 353 | 54 | 27.15 | 123.42 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| David Warner | 14 | 562 | 91 | 43.23 | 156.54 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| Moisés Henriques | 9 | 287 | 74* | 41.00 | 136.01 | 11 | 3/16 | 14.36 | 6.32 | 1 | 0 |
| Eoin Morgan | 9 | 187 | 63 | 23.37 | 123.84 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 9 | 145 | 41 | 29.00 | 120.83 | 6 | 2/18 | 26.66 | 8.00 | 2 | 0 |
| K. L. Rahul | 9 | 142 | 44* | 28.40 | 126.00 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Naman Ojha | 14 | 137 | 28 | 13.70 | 113.22 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Karn Sharma | 14 | 104 | 32 | 17.33 | 122.35 | 10 | 2/12 | 33.20 | 8.33 | 4 | 0 |
| Ashish Reddy | 6 | 73 | 22* | 24.33 | 158.69 | 3 | 1/11 | 16.66 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Hanuma Vihari | 5 | 39 | 16 | 9.75 | 111.42 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Kane Williamson | 2 | 31 | 26* | 31.00 | 114.81 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Dale Steyn | 6 | 20 | 19* | 20.00 | 153.84 | 3 | 2/38 | 56.66 | 8.94 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 17 | 11* | 17.00 | 170.00 | 18 | 3/26 | 22.61 | 7.87 | 5 | 0 |
| Praveen Kumar | 12 | 17 | 12 | 5.66 | 68.00 | 7 | 2/35 | 47.00 | 9.13 | 3 | 0 |
| Parvez Rasool | 2 | 2 | 2* | - | 100.00 | 1 | 1/20 | 31.00 | 6.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Bipul Sharma | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 3 | 2/13 | 16.66 | 7.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Boult | 7 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3/19 | 26.22 | 8.42 | 2 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1/25 | 159.00 | 11.35 | 0 | 0 |

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

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 13 April 2015 | David Warner | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Won by 8 wickets | 57 (27) |
| 2 | 22 April 2015 | David Warner | Kolkata Knight Riders | Visakhapatnam | Won by 16 runs (D/L) | 91 (55) |
| 3 | 27 April 2015 | Trent Boult | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Won by 20 runs | 3/19 (4 overs) |
| 4 | 2 May 2015 | David Warner | Chennai Super Kings | Hyderabad | Won by 22 runs | 61 (28) |
| 5 | 7 May 2015 | Eoin Morgan | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai | Won by 7 runs | 63 (28) |
| 6 | 9 May 2015 | Moises Henriques | Delhi Daredevils | Raipur | Won by 6 runs | 74* (46) |
| 7 | 11 May 2015 | David Warner | Kings XI Punjab | Hyderabad | Won by 5 runs | 81 (52) |

#### Season Awards

* Winner of Orange Cap: David Warner

### Achievements

* David Warner becomes the First Player to score 50+ as a captain.
* Yes Bank Maximum Super Sixes Competition : Moises Henriques
* Hat-trick of Winning streak
* Best Catches of the season: David Warner
* Most Fours scored : David Warner
* Best Bowling Average : Moises Henriques

## Reaction

Ahead of the 2015 season, the IPL saw increase in its brand value by 9% to US$3.54 billion while the Sunrisers' brand value was increased by 40% to US$35 million, according to American Appraisal.