page_title: List of Sunrisers Hyderabad records
section_title: Captains
hierarchical_section_title: List of Sunrisers Hyderabad records / Captains
caption_attribution_description: Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara
context_page_description: The SunRisers Hyderabad is a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, that plays in the Indian Premier League. The team is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the Sun TV channel Network who won the bid of ₹850.5 million per year for a five-year deal in 2012 after the Hyderabad-based Deccan Chargers were terminated by the IPL. The team made their maiden appearance in the IPL playoffs in its first season in 2013 and had continuously reached since 2016 season. They reached the finals twice, last in 2018 and won their maiden title in the 2016 season. The brand value of the SunRisers Hyderabad was estimated to be ₹483 crore in 2019 as the overall brand of IPL was increased to ₹47,000 crore, according to Duff & Phelps.
  As of May 2019, the team was captained by Kane Williamson and coached by Tom Moody. The primary home ground of the team is the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
context_section_description: Kumar Sangakkara and Cameron White shared the captaincy for the 2013 IPL Season, with Sangakkara the first nine matches and White the remaining eight.
  Shikhar Dhawan led the team during the 2013 CLT20.
  Bhuvneshwar Kumar stood-in as captain when Kane Williamson got injured in the IPL 2019.
   Last updated: 4 June 2019
caption: Kumar Sangakkara was the first captain of SRH
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