# 2016 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 2016 Indian Premier League, their fourth outing in the competition. The team was captained by David Warner and coached by Tom Moody with Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor. They started their campaign against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 12 April 2016 on a losing note but went on to win their first IPL title, beating the same opposition in the final on 29 May 2016 by 8 runs. In the process, they became the first team to win both, the Eliminator match and Qualifier 2 before winning the final. Ben Cutting was declared the man of the match in the final and Mustafizur Rahman was declared as the emerging player of the season. Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the Purple Cap for taking 23 wickets in this IPL.

## Administration and support staff

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

## Kit manufacturers and sponsors

| Kit Manufacturers | Shirt Sponsor (Chest) | Shirt Sponsor (Back) |
| TYKA | UltraTech Cement | Idea |

## Players auction

The players auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League held in Bangalore on 6 February 2016. All eight franchises had participated in the auction. SRH has retained 15 players and released 9 players from the previous season. Due to this effort SRH Spent ₹358.5 million (US$4.3 million) and kept the balance ₹301.5 million (US$3.6 million) Added 10 players to the team.
Retained Players: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Reddy, Naman Ojha, Eoin Morgan, Karn Sharma, Moises Henriques, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Ricky Bhui, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma
Released Players: Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ravi Bopara, Padmanabhan Prasanth and Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Added Players: Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Ben Cutting, Tirumalasetti Suman, Deepak Hooda, Mustafizur Rahman, Aditya Tare, Barinder Sran, Vijay Shankar and Abhimanyu Mithun
Traded Players: KL Rahul, Parveez Rasool

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| Kane Williamson | New Zealand | (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | Overseas. |
| Eoin Morgan | England | (1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2015 | Overseas. |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2013 | |
| David Warner | Australia | (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | Captain, Overseas. |
| Ricky Bhui | India | (1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | |
| Tirumalasetti Suman | India | (1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| Moisés Henriques | Australia | (1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | Overseas. |
| Yuvraj Singh | India | (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | |
| Deepak Hooda | India | (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | |
| Bipul Sharma | India | (1983-09-28)28 September 1983 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2015 | |
| Ben Cutting | Australia | (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Overseas. |
| Vijay Shankar | India | (1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | |
| Ashish Reddy | India | (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Naman Ojha | India | (1983-07-20)20 July 1983 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | |
| Aditya Tare | India | (1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm wicket keeper | 2016 | |
| Bowlers |||||||
| Siddarth Kaul | India | (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | |
| Trent Boult | New Zealand | (1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2015 | Overseas. |
| Barinder Sran | India | (1992-12-10)10 December 1992 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2016 | |
| Ashish Nehra | India | (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2016 | Withdrew due to hamstring injury. |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | (1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2016 | Overseas. |
| Abhimanyu Mithun | India | (1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | |
| Karn Sharma | India | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2013 | |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Gujarat Lions (3) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −0.374 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.932 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (C) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.245 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (4) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.106 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.146 | |
| 6 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.155 | |
| 7 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0.015 | |
| 8 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.646 | |

### Results by match

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

## Statistics

* David Warner became highest run-getter for SRH in IPL 2016.
* Shikhar Dhawan became second highest run-getter for SRH in IPL 2016.
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar became highest wicket-taker for SRH winning Purple Cap in IPL 2016.
* Mustafizur Rahman became second highest wicket-taker for SRH in IPL 2016.
| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 17 | 501 | 82* | 38.53 | 116.78 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| David Warner | 17 | 848 | 93* | 60.57 | 151.42 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Moisés Henriques | 17 | 182 | 31* | 15.16 | 115.18 | 12 | 2/17 | 34.58 | 7.98 | 11 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 10 | 236 | 44 | 26.22 | 131.84 | 0 | - | - | 8.43 | 1 | 0 |
| Eoin Morgan | 7 | 123 | 51 | 24.60 | 117.14 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Kane Williamson | 6 | 124 | 50 | 20.66 | 101.63 | 0 | - | - | 7.00 | 5 | 0 |
| Deepak Hooda | 17 | 144 | 34 | 10.28 | 119.00 | 3 | 2/16 | 32.33 | 7.46 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Cutting | 4 | 65 | 39* | 32.50 | 191.17 | 5 | 2/20 | 16.00 | 7.16 | 1 | 0 |
| Naman Ojha | 17 | 136 | 37 | 13.60 | 98.55 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 0 |
| Ashish Reddy | 4 | 47 | 32 | 23.50 | 162.06 | 1 | 1/14 | 39.00 | 10.17 | 1 | 0 |
| Aditya Tare | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 53.33 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Bipul Sharma | 7 | 51 | 27* | 25.50 | 204.00 | 3 | 1/10 | 40.33 | 8.64 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 17 | 43 | 21 | 7.16 | 159.25 | 23 | 4/29 | 21.30 | 7.42 | 6 | 0 |
| Barinder Sran | 14 | 4 | 2* | - | 100.00 | 14 | 3/28 | 29.50 | 8.34 | 2 | 0 |
| Karn Sharma | 5 | 36 | 26* | - | 120.00 | 0 | - | - | 10.46 | 0 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 16 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 3/16 | 24.76 | 6.90 | 2 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | 8 | 1 | 1* | - | 100.00 | 9 | 3/15 | 22.11 | 7.65 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Boult | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1/39 | 39.00 | 9.75 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 Oct 2017

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

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 18 April 2016 | David Warner | Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad | Won by 7 wickets | 90*(59) |
| 2 | 21 April 2016 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Gujarat Lions | Rajkot | Won by 10 wickets | 4/29 (4 Overs) |
| 3 | 23 April 2016 | Mustafizur Rahman | Kings XI Punjab | Hyderabad | Won by 5 wickets | 2/9 (4 Overs) |
| 4 | 30 April 2016 | David Warner | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad | Won by 15 runs | 92(50) |
| 5 | 6 May 2016 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Gujarat Lions | Hyderabad | Won by 5 wickets | 2/28 (4 Overs) |
| 6 | 8 May 2016 | Ashish Nehra | Mumbai Indians | Visakhapatnam | Won by 85 runs | 3/15 (3 Overs) |
| Play-offs |||||||
| 7 | 25 May 2016 | Moises Henriques | Kolkata Knight Riders (Eliminator) | Delhi | Won by 22 Runs | 31(21) & 2/17 (3 Overs) |
| 8 | 27 May 2016 | David Warner | Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 2) | Delhi | Won by 4 Wickets | 93*(58) |
| 9 | 29 May 2016 | Ben Cutting | Royal Challengers Bangalore (Final) | Bangalore | Won by 8 Runs | 39(15) & 2/35 (4 Overs) |

#### Season Awards

* Champions of the 2016 Indian Premier League
* Winner of 2016 Fair Play Award
* Winner of Purple Cap: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
* Emerging player of the season: Mustafizur Rahman
* Ball of the tournament: Mustafizur Rahman
* Vitara Brezza Glam Shot of the Season: David Warner

### Achievements

* Biggest six of the tournament : Ben Cutting
* Yes bank maximum : David Warner
* Most Fours scored : David Warner
* Most Dot Balls Bowled : Bhuvneshwar Kumar

## Reaction

The 2016 season performances helped the IPL see its brand value jump by 19% to the estimated value of US$4.16 billion. The SunRisers also saw the increase in their brand value by 17% to US$41 million in 2016, according to Duff & Phelps.