# 2023 Sunrisers Hyderabad season

Sunrisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) is a cricket franchise whose team plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Based in Hyderabad, Telangana, they are one of ten teams who competed in IPL 2023. It was their eleventh appearance in the tournament.

## Background

Following SRH's eighth-place finish in IPL 2022, Tom Moody stepped down as head coach on 2 September 2022. It was his second stint in the role. Sunrisers had won the fewest matches in the two previous seasons, only nine in all. Brian Lara, SRH batting coach in 2022, has taken over as head coach for IPL 2023.

## Player acquisition

Sunrisers announced their retention list on 15 November 2022, releasing twelve players from their squad including Kane Williamson, their captain in the 2022 IPL, and their most-expensive buy in the 2022 IPL auction, West Indian wicket-keeper, Nicholas Pooran. The franchise retained the remaining 12 players from their squad. The team entered the auction with the most money to spend, ₹42.25 crore (US$5.1 million).

### Players retained

    Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik.

### Players released

    Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod.
Players acquired
    Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold
* Ages given as of 31 March 2023, the date of the first match in the tournament
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batters |||||||||
| 16 | Mayank Agarwal | India | (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | ₹8.25 crore (US$990,000) | |
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | India | (1991-03-02)2 March 1991 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| 94 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | (1994-10-04)4 October 1994 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | ₹2.6 crore (US$310,000) | Overseas |
| | Samarth Vyas | India | (1995-11-28)28 November 1995 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 63 | Anmolpreet Singh | India | (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 88 | Harry Brook | England | (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | ₹13.25 crore (US$1.6 million) | Overseas |
| 1 | Abdul Samad | India | (2001-10-28)28 October 2001 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 8 | Nitish Kumar Reddy | India | (2003-05-26)26 May 2003 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 45 | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa | (1991-07-30)30 July 1991 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | ₹5.25 crore (US$630,000) | Overseas |
| | Upendra Yadav | India | (1996-10-08)8 October 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2023 | ₹25 lakh (US$30,000) | |
| 6 | Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | (1996-12-06)6 December 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 99 | Sanvir Singh | India | (1996-10-12)12 October 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 5 | Washington Sundar | India | (1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | ₹8.75 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| 3 | Vivrant Sharma | India | (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2023 | ₹2.6 crore (US$310,000) | |
| 70 | Marco Jansen | South Africa | (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2022 | ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) | Overseas |
| 4 | Abhishek Sharma | India | (2000-09-04)4 September 2000 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹6.5 crore (US$780,000) | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| 95 | Adil Rashid | England | (1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
| 7 | Akeal Hosein | West Indies | (1993-04-25)25 April 1993 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2023 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Overseas |
| 77 | Mayank Dagar | India | (1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2023 | ₹1.80 crore (US$220,000) | |
| 11 | Mayank Markande | India | (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) | |
| 44 | T. Natarajan | India | (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Left arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 24 | Umran Malik | India | (1999-11-22)22 November 1999 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2021 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 83 | Fazalhaq Farooqi | Afghanistan | (2000-09-22)22 September 2000 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas |
| 9 | Kartik Tyagi | India | (2000-11-08)8 November 2000 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2022 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
* Source: Sunrisers Hyderabad

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| CEO | K Shanmughan |
| Head coach | Brian Lara |
| Assistant coach | Simon Helmot |
| Spin-bowling coach | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Fast bowling coach | Dale Steyn |
| Fielding coach | Hemang Badani |
| Source: ||

## Season overview

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (R) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.809 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | B | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.652 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.284 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | A | Mumbai Indians (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.044 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | A | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.148 | |
| 6 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.135 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.239 | |
| 8 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.304 | |
| 9 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.808 | |
| 10 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.590 | |
The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
 Advance to Qualifier 1
 Advance to Eliminator

### Results by match

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

## League Stage

* Match 4 2 April 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 203/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 131/8 (20 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 55 (32) T. Natarajan 2/23 (3 overs) | | Abdul Samad 32* (32) Yuzvendra Chahal 4/17 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 72 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 7 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 121/8 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants (H) 127/5 (16 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 34 (41) Krunal Pandya 3/18 (4 overs) | | KL Rahul 35 (31) Adil Rashid 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 5 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 14 9 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 143/9 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 145/2 (17.1 overs) |
| Shikhar Dhawan 99* (66) Mayank Markande 4/15 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 74* (48) Arshdeep Singh 1/20 (3 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohit Rathee (Punjab Kings) made his T20 debut.
* Match 19 14 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 228/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 205/7 (20 overs) |
| Harry Brook 100* (55) Andre Russell 3/22 (2.1 overs) | | Nitish Rana 75 (41) Mayank Markande 2/27 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 23 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) Player of the match: Harry Brook (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Harry Brook (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his maiden IPL century.
* Match 25 18 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 192/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 178 (19.5 overs) |
| Cameron Green 64* (40) Marco Jansen 2/43 (4 overs) | | Mayank Agarwal 48 (41) Riley Meredith 2/33 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 14 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Cameron Green (Mumbai Indians)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 29 21 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/7 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 138/3 (18.4 overs) |
| Abhishek Sharma 34 (26) Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (4 overs) | | Devon Conway 77* (57) Mayank Markande 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 34 24 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 144/9 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 137/6 (20 overs) |
| Manish Pandey 34 (27) Washington Sundar 3/28 (4 overs) | | Mayank Agarwal 49 (39) Axar Patel 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 7 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 40 29 April 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 197/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 188/6 (20 overs) |
| Abhishek Sharma 67 (36) Mitchell Marsh 4/27 (4 overs) | | Mitchell Marsh 63 (39) Mayank Markande 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 9 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Delhi Capitals)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 47 4 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 171/9 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 166/8 (20 overs) |
| Rinku Singh 46 (35) Marco Jansen 2/24 (3 overs) | | Aiden Markram 41 (40) Shardul Thakur 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 52 7 May 2023 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Rajasthan Royals 214/2 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 217/6 (20 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 95 (59) Marco Jansen 1/44 (4 overs) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/44 (4 overs) | | Abhishek Sharma 55 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 4/29 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Glenn Phillips (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 58 13 May 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 185/3 (19.2 overs) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 47 (29) Krunal Pandya 2/24 (4 overs) | | Prerak Mankad 64* (45) Glenn Phillips 1/10 (2 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 7 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Prerak Mankad (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 62 15 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Gujarat Titans 188/9 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 154/9 (20 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 101 (58) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/30 (4 overs) | | Heinrich Klaasen 64 (44) Mohammed Shami 4/21 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 34 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Gujarat Titans qualified for the playoffs and Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match
* Shubman Gill scored his maiden IPL century.
* Match 65 18 May 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 186/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 187/2 (19.2 overs) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 104 (51) Michael Bracewell 2/13 (2 overs) | | Virat Kohli 100 (63) T. Natarajan 1/34 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his maiden IPL century.
* Match 69 21 May 2023 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 200/5 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 201/2 (18 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 83 (46) Akash Madhwal 4/37 (4 overs) | | Cameron Green 100* (47) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/26 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Cameron Green (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Cameron Green (Mumbai Indians) scored his maiden IPL century.
* Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.