# 2017 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 competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League, making their fifth outing in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by David Warner and coached by Tom Moody with Simon Helmot as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor. The Sunrisers drew an average home attendance of 26,000 in the 2017 IPL season.
They entered this edition as the defending champions and started their campaign against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on 5 April 2017 on a winning note. They qualified for playoffs but got lost to the Kolkata Knight Riders in Eliminator finishing fourth at the end of the tournament. Warner won the Orange Cap in the 2017 IPL by scoring 641 runs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 26 wickets won him the Purple Cap.

## Player acquisition
### Retention

The Sunrisers Hyderabad retained 17 players and released 6 players from their 2016 squad. They went into the 2017 IPL auction with the remaining salary cap of ₹209 million (US$2.5 million)

### Player auction

The player auction for the season was held on 20 February 2017 in Bangalore with more than 750 players having registered for the auction. The Sunrisers Hyderabad ended the auction with an addition of 8 players to their squad spending ₹86.5 million (US$1.0 million).

#### Retained Players

    David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Ben Cutting, Deepak Hooda, Yuvraj Singh, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Naman Ojha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Barinder Sran, Ashish Nehra, Abhimanyu Mithun, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman and Ricky Bhui

#### Released players

    Trent Boult, Eoin Morgan, Aditya Tare, Tirumalasetti Suman, Karn Sharma and Ashish Reddy

#### Added Players

    Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Chris Jordan, Tanmay Agarwal, Ben Laughlin, Mohammed Siraj, Eklavya Dwivedi and Pravin Tambe

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 11 | Tanmay Agarwal | India | (1995-05-03)3 May 1995 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| 22 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | ₹6 million (US$72,000) | Overseas. |
| 25 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2013 | ₹95 million (US$1.1 million) | |
| 31 | David Warner | Australia | (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | ₹55 million (US$660,000) | Captain, Overseas. |
| 32 | Ricky Bhui | India | (1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 5 | Moisés Henriques | Australia | (1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹10 million (US$120,000) | Overseas. |
| 7 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | ₹3 million (US$36,000) | Overseas. |
| 12 | Yuvraj Singh | India | (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 35) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | ₹70 million (US$840,000) | |
| 14 | Deepak Hooda | India | (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | ₹42 million (US$500,000) | |
| 28 | Bipul Sharma | India | (1983-09-28)28 September 1983 (aged 33) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2015 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
| 30 | Ben Cutting | Australia | (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹5 million (US$60,000) | Overseas. |
| 59 | Vijay Shankar | India | (1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | ₹3.5 million (US$42,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 53 | Naman Ojha | India | (1983-07-20)20 July 1983 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | ₹5 million (US$60,000) | |
| 54 | Eklavya Dwivedi | India | (1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm wicket keeper | 2017 | ₹7.5 million (US$90,000) | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 9 | Siddarth Kaul | India | (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹3 million (US$36,000) | |
| 13 | Mohammed Siraj | India | (1994-03-13)13 March 1994 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ₹26 million (US$310,000) | |
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹42.5 million (US$510,000) | |
| 19 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | (1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | ₹40 million (US$480,000) | Overseas. |
| 21 | Abhimanyu Mithun | India | (1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹3 million (US$36,000) | |
| 34 | Chris Jordan | England | (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ₹5 million (US$60,000) | Overseas. |
| 51 | Barinder Sran | India | (1992-12-10)10 December 1992 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹12 million (US$140,000) | |
| 64 | Ashish Nehra | India | (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹55 million (US$660,000) | |
| 90 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | (1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2016 | ₹14 million (US$170,000) | Overseas. |
| 91 | Ben Laughlin | Australia | (1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ₹3 million (US$36,000) | Overseas. |
| 92 | Pravin Tambe | India | (1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 45) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$12,000) | |
Last updated: 5 April 2017. Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Administration and support staff

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

| Kit Manufacturers | Shirt Sponsor (Chest) | Shirt Sponsor (Back) |
| TYKA | UltraTech Cement | Red FM 93.5 |
* T20 uniform

## Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony was held on 5 April 2017 at their home, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad. At the opening ceremony four former Indian cricket players Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman were felicitated. Bollywood actress Amy Jackson also performed in the ceremony.

## Statistics

* David Warner became highest run-getter for SRH winning Orange Cap in IPL 2017.
* Shikhar Dhawan became second highest run-getter for SRH in IPL 2017.
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar became highest wicket-taker for SRH winning Purple Cap in IPL 2017.
| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 14 | 479 | 77 | 36.84 | 127.39 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| David Warner | 14 | 641 | 126 | 58.27 | 141.81 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| Kane Williamson | 7 | 256 | 89 | 42.66 | 151.47 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Moisés Henriques | 12 | 277 | 55* | 46.16 | 136.45 | 1 | 1/6 | 248.00 | 10.33 | 5 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 12 | 252 | 70* | 28.00 | 142.37 | 1 | 1/6 | 22.00 | 11.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Deepak Hooda | 10 | 78 | 19* | 26.00 | 150.00 | 2 | 1/7 | 21.00 | 10.50 | 5 | 0 |
| Vijay Shankar | 4 | 101 | 63* | 50.50 | 134.66 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Naman Ojha | 14 | 79 | 34 | 19.75 | 121.53 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| Ben Cutting | 4 | 51 | 20 | 25.50 | 196.15 | 1 | - | 123.00 | 9.71 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1/9 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Bipul Sharma | 6 | 31 | 21* | 31.00 | 138.09 | 3 | 1/4 | 43.00 | 7.89 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 66.66 | 2 | 1/13 | 29.00 | 5.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 4 | 4* | 4.00 | 100.00 | 26 | 5/19 | 14.19 | 7.05 | 4 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 14 | 11 | 6* | 5.50 | 122.22 | 17 | 3/19 | 21.05 | 6.62 | 5 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | 6 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | 8 | 3/42 | 24.62 | 9.30 | 1 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 12.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Barinder Sran | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 14.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Siddarth Kaul | 10 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | 16 | 4/29 | 18.75 | 8.41 | 3 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 6 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2/26 | 21.20 | 9.21 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2017

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

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 5 April 2017 | Yuvraj Singh | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad | Won by 35 Runs | 62 (27) |
| 2 | 9 April 2017 | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Lions | Hyderabad | Won by 9 Wickets | 3/19 (4 Overs) |
| 3 | 17 April 2017 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Kings XI Punjab | Hyderabad | Won by 5 Runs | 5/19 (4 Overs) |
| 4 | 19 April 2017 | Kane Williamson | Delhi Daredevils | Hyderabad | Won by 15 Runs | 89(51) |
| 5 | 28 April 2017 | Rashid Khan | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Won by 26 Runs | 1/16 (4 Overs) |
| 6 | 30 April 2017 | David Warner | Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad | Won by 48 Runs | 126 (59) |
| 7 | 8 May 2017 | Shikhar Dhawan | Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad | Won by 7 Wickets | 62* (46) |
| 8 | 13 May 2017 | Mohammed Siraj | Gujarat Lions | Kanpur | Won by 8 Wickets | 4/32 (4 overs) |

#### Season Awards

* Winner of Orange Cap: David Warner
* Winner of Purple Cap: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
* Vitara Brezza Glam Shot of the year: Yuvraj Singh

### Achievements

* Second team after Chennai Super Kings in 2013 Indian Premier League to win both Orange Cap and Purple Cap.
* Warner becomes the First player to score 100+ as a captain and also for SRH
* Warner scores the highest score as a captain in all the IPL seasons.
* Most fours scored in the 2017 IPL: Warner (63)
* Fastest century in the 2017 IPL: Warner (43 balls)
* Highest score in the 2017 IPL: Warner (126)
* Most four wickets in the 2017 IPL: Siddarth Kaul (1)

## Reaction

The 2017 season performances helped the IPL see its brand value jump by 26% to the estimated value of US$5.3 billion. The SunRisers also saw the increase in their brand value by 37% to US$56 million in 2017, according to Duff & Phelps.