# 2019 Sunrisers Hyderabad season

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2019 Indian Premier League, making their seventh outing in all the IPL tournaments. The team was captained by Kane Williamson and coached by Tom Moody with Simon Helmot as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and V. V. S. Laxman as mentor.

## Background

The 2019 Indian Premier League began on 23 March 2019. The venue of tournament had been the subject of speculation during the players' auction due to the clash of dates with the Indian general elections and the initial news reports suggested that the tournament could be held outside India with South Africa and United Arab Emirates as the potential replacements. However, on 8 January 2019, the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the tournament would take place entirely in India though the schedule is yet to be decided. As per the BCCI press release, the full schedule was expected to be released in February and suggested that they might consider the change of venues if needed once the election dates were announced.

## Player acquisition

The Sunrisers Hyderabad traded Shikhar Dhawan and paid ₹1.75 crore (US$200,000) in cash to the Delhi Daredevils in exchange for three players – Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem during the IPL trading window before the auction. Dhawan was associated with the Sunrisers since their inception in 2013 and the reason for the Sunrisers to trade their most successful batsmen was widely reported as Dhawan's unhappiness over the financial reasons. The Sunrisers retained 17 players and released eight players as they announced their retention list on 15 November ahead of the auction. They entered into the auction with the remaining salary cap of ₹9.7 crore (US$1.1 million) to fill five available slots, of which two are for the overseas players.
The BCCI announced on 3 December that the 2019 IPL players' auction was scheduled to be held on 18 December at Jaipur. The auction for the Sunrisers were a quiet affair with most of the slots already filled before the auction. They opened their account by winning the bid for the English wicket-keeper, Jonny Bairstow for ₹2.2 crore (US$250,000) and bolstered their wicket-keeping strength by welcoming back Wriddhiman Saha. They rounded-off the auction by acquiring the services of Martin Guptill at the base price of ₹1 crore (US$110,000) and hence increasing their squad to 23 players with ₹5.3 crore (US$610,000) remaining in their fund.
Retained: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, Thangarasu Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami, Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan
Released: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan
Traded In: Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem
Traded Out: Shikhar Dhawan
Added: Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Martin Guptill

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Signed Year denotes year from which player is continuously associated with Sunrisers Hyderabad
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 13 | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹1 crore (US$110,000) | Overseas. |
| 21 | Manish Pandey | India | (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | |
| 22 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | ₹3 crore (US$340,000) | Captain, Overseas. |
| 31 | David Warner | Australia | (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas. Unavailable due to national commitments. |
| 55 | Ricky Bhui | India | (1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 5 | Deepak Hooda | India | (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹3.6 crore (US$410,000) | |
| 7 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | ₹1 crore (US$110,000) | Overseas. |
| 17 | Yusuf Pathan | India | (1982-11-17)17 November 1982 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.9 crore (US$220,000) | |
| 18 | Abhishek Sharma | India | (2000-09-04)4 September 2000 (aged 18) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 2019 | ₹55 lakh (US$63,000) | |
| 59 | Vijay Shankar | India | (1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) | |
| 75 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$230,000) | Overseas. Unavailable due to national commitments. |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 3 | Shreevats Goswami | India | (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 29) | Left-handed | | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$110,000) | |
| 6 | Wriddhiman Saha | India | (1984-10-24)24 October 1984 (aged 34) | Right-handed | | 2018 | ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) | |
| 51 | Jonny Bairstow | England | (1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹2.2 crore (US$250,000) | Overseas. Unavailable due to national commitments. |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 8 | Shahbaz Nadeem | India | (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 2019 | ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) | |
| 9 | Siddarth Kaul | India | (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹3.8 crore (US$430,000) | |
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹8.5 crore (US$970,000) | Vice-captain. |
| 19 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | (1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | ₹9 crore (US$1.0 million) | Overseas. |
| 27 | Khaleel Ahmed | India | (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$340,000) | |
| 30 | Basil Thampi | India | (1993-09-11)11 September 1993 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹95 lakh (US$110,000) | |
| 37 | Billy Stanlake | Australia | (1994-11-04)4 November 1994 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹50 lakh (US$57,000) | Overseas. |
| 44 | Thangarasu Natarajan | India | (1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹40 lakh (US$46,000) | |
| 66 | Sandeep Sharma | India | (1993-05-18)18 May 1993 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$340,000) | |

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| Owner | Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network) |
| CEO | K Shanmugham |
| Head coach | Tom Moody |
| Assistant coach | Simon Helmot |
| Bowling coach | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Mentor | V. V. S. Laxman |
| Physio | Theo Kapakoulakis |
| Physical trainer | Jade Roberts |
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## Kit manufacturers and sponsors

| Kit Manufacturers | Shirt Sponsor (Chest) | Shirt Sponsor (Back) | Chest Branding |
| TYKA Sports | Coolwinks | Red FM | Rupa |
| Source : ||||
* T20 uniform

## Indian Premier League
### Offseason

The schedule for the first two weeks of this season were released on 18 February with the Sunrisers Hyderabad playing their first match against the Kolkata Knight Riders on 24 March in an away game at Kolkata while they played their first home match against the Rajasthan Royals on 29 March. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released the schedule for the remaining fixtures of the league stage on 19 March following the release of the Indian general election schedule.
David Warner came back into the squad following the completion of a season ban imposed on him by the BCCI due to his involvement in a ball-tampering scandal. Despite the return of Warner, the Sunrisers' coach Tom Moody announced that Kane Williamson would continue to lead the side during the IPL 2019.
Speaking about Sunrisers' squad available this season and Williamson's captaincy record, coach Moody said,
   We have a very stable squad and the performance of the team in 2018 exhibited the same as we topped the table. The new, young players will bring in even more exuberance and aggression to this side. We felt that Kane Williamson did a wonderful job last season. We decided not to tinker much as we are already a settled unit. The only concern we had was regarding his injury. Williamson is a world-class player and a great leader and I’m sure that he will continue to do well. Under the able leadership of Kane Williamson, this team has the potential and capability to go one step ahead and bag the trophy this time around.

## Statistics

| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
| David Warner | 12 | 692 | 100* | 69.20 | 143.86 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Jonny Bairstow | 10 | 445 | 114 | 55.62 | 157.24 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 |
| Manish Pandey | 12 | 344 | 83* | 43.00 | 130.79 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| Martin Guptill | 3 | 81 | 36 | 27.00 | 152.83 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Kane Williamson | 9 | 156 | 70* | 22.28 | 120.00 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Vijay Shankar | 15 | 244 | 40* | 20.33 | 126.42 | 1 | 1/11 | 70.00 | 8.75 | 10 | – |
| Mohammad Nabi | 8 | 115 | 31 | 19.16 | 151.31 | 8 | 4/11 | 24.25 | 6.65 | 6 | – |
| Wriddhiman Saha | 5 | 86 | 28 | 17.20 | 162.26 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 10 | 40 | 16* | 13.33 | 88.88 | 0 | – | – | 8.00 | 1 | – |
| Deepak Hooda | 11 | 64 | 20 | 10.66 | 101.58 | 1 | 1/13 | 21.00 | 10.50 | 10 | – |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 90.00 | 2 | 1/26 | 47.50 | 8.76 | 0 | – |
| Ricky Bhui | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 58.33 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Rashid Khan | 15 | 34 | 17* | 6.80 | 147.82 | 17 | 3/21 | 22.17 | 6.28 | 4 | – |
| Abhishek Sharma | 3 | 9 | 5* | 4.50 | 100.00 | 1 | 1/10 | 21.00 | 10.50 | 1 | – |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 15 | 12 | 7* | 4.00 | 63.15 | 13 | 2/24 | 35.46 | 7.81 | 4 | – |
| Khaleel Ahmed | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19 | 3/30 | 15.10 | 8.23 | 0 | – |
| Siddarth Kaul | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6 | 2/34 | 40.33 | 8.96 | 1 | – |
| Sandeep Sharma | 11 | 6 | 5* | – | 200.00 | 12 | 3/19 | 29.33 | 8.25 | 1 | – |
| Basil Thampi | 3 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.00 | 0 | – | – | 9.16 | 0 | – |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1/24 | 45.00 | 10.00 | 0 | – |

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

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 29 March 2019 | Rashid Khan | Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad | Won by 5 wickets | 15* (8) & 1/24 (4 overs) |
| 2 | 31 March 2019 | Jonny Bairstow | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad | Won by 118 runs | 114 (56) |
| 3 | 4 April 2019 | Jonny Bairstow | Delhi Capitals | Delhi | Won by 5 wickets | 48 (28) |
| 4 | 17 April 2019 | David Warner | Chennai Super Kings | Hyderabad | Won by 6 wickets | 50 (25) |
| 5 | 21 April 2019 | Khaleel Ahmed | Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad | Won by 9 wickets | 3/33 (4 overs) |
| 6 | 29 April 2019 | David Warner | Kings XI Punjab | Hyderabad | Won by 41 runs | 81 (56) |

#### Season awards

* Winner of the Orange Cap : David Warner
* Winner of 2019 Fair Play Award

### Achievements

* Sunrisers recorded their highest successful run chase in the IPL (201/5) in a match against the Rajasthan Royals.
* Warner and Bairstow scored centuries in the same match and recorded the highest ever first wicket partnership in the IPL (185) while Sunrisers achieved their highest total in the IPL (231/2) in a match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
* Most half-centuries scored in the 2019 IPL : David Warner (8)
* Most centuries scored in the 2019 IPL : Jonny Bairstow & David Warner (1)
* Fastest century scored in the 2019 IPL : Jonny Bairstow (52 balls)
* Highest Individual score in the 2019 IPL : Jonny Bairstow (114)
* Best bowling strike rate in the 2019 IPL : Khaleel Ahmed (11.00)

## Reaction

David Warner was featured in the ESPNcricinfo IPL team of the season.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad announced parting their ways with Tom Moody who served as the head coach for seven seasons since the inception in 2013. The Sunrisers announced the 2019 Cricket World Cup winning coach, Trevor Bayliss, as the replacement for the 2020 season. The Sunrisers also replaced Simon Helmot with Brad Haddin as their assistant coach.
The 2019 season performances helped the IPL see its brand value jump by 13% to the estimated value of ₹47,000 crore (US$5.4 billion). The Sunrisers also saw the increase in their brand value by 4.6% to ₹483 crore (US$55 million) in 2019, according to Duff & Phelps.