Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015
The Sunrisers Hyderabad are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League. They were one of the eight teams that are competing in the 2015 Indian Premier League. This was their third outing in IPL. The team was being captained by David Warner and coached by Tom Moody with Muttiah Muralitharan as their bowling coach and VVS Laxman as the mentor for this team.
The Sunrisers started their campaign against Chennai Super Kings on April 11, 2015 at Chennai on a losing note and failed to qualify for Play-Offs finishing 6th at the end of the tournament. David Warner won the Orange Cap by scoring 562 runs in this IPL.
Background
They appointed Muttiah Muralitharan as their bowling coach for 2015 seasonACA-VDCA Stadium which is located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh is selected as the Secondary Home Ground for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. It has a seating capacity of 38,000. Sunrisers Hyderabad played their first 3 home games at this ground.
Administration and support staff
- Owner – Kalanithi Maran
- Head coach – Tom Moody
- Assistant coach – Simon Helmot
- Bowling coach – Muttiah Muralitharan
- Mentor – VVS Laxman & Kris Srikkanth
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Kit Manufacturers and Sponsors
| Kit Manufacturers | Shirt Sponsor | Shirt Sponsor | Chest Branding |
| TYKA | Red FM 93.5 | Idea | Justdial |
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Players Auction
The players auction for the 2015 Indian Premier League held on 16 February 2015. All eight franchises had participated in the auction. SRH has retained 13 players and released 11 players from the previous season. As a result of this retention the team had an auction purse of Rs 208.5 million. Added 10 players to the team. Later, there has been a replacement in the team with Bipul Sharma filling in for Laxmi Ratan Shukla.Retained Players: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chama Milind, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma, K. L. Rahul, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui
Released Players: Aaron Finch, Amit Mishra, Amit Paunikar, Brendan Taylor, Darren Sammy, Irfan Pathan, Jason Holder, Manprit Juneja, Prasanth Parameswaran, Anirudha Srikkanth, Venugopal Rao
Added Players: Trent Boult, Praveen Kumar, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Kane Williamson,
Replacement Players: Bipul Sharma
Details
| Name | IPL Matches | IPL 2014 team | Capped / uncapped | Base Price in | Auctioned price in | |
| Kane Williamson |  | 0 | Capped | 50 | 60 | |
| Kevin Pietersen |  | 32 | Delhi Daredevils | Capped | 200 | 200 |
| Eoin Morgan | | 32 | Capped | 150 | 150 | |
| Ravi Bopara | | 15 | Capped | 100 | 100 | |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla |  | 46 | Delhi Daredevils | Capped | 30 | 30 |
| Praveen Kumar | | 85 | Mumbai Indians | Capped | 50 | 220 |
| Trent Boult | | 0 | Capped | 50 | 380 | |
| Hanuma Vihari | | 17 | Uncapped | 10 | 10 | |
| Padmanabhan Prasanth | | 0 | Uncapped | 10 | 10 | |
| Siddarth Kaul | | 11 | Delhi Daredevils | Uncapped | 10 | 10 |
Source:Pepsi IPL 2015 Player Auction
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
- Signed Year denotes year from which player is associated with the Sunrisers Hyderabad
Season Overview
Standings
- Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
- advanced to the [|Qualifier]
- advanced to the [|Eliminator]
Results by match
Fixtures
League Stage
Statistics
| Name | Nat | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
| Shikhar Dhawan |  | 14 | 353 | 54 | 27.15 | 123.42 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| David Warner |  | 14 | 562 | 91 | 43.23 | 156.54 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| Moisés Henriques | | 9 | 287 | 74* | 41.00 | 136.01 | 11 | 3/16 | 14.36 | 6.32 | 1 | 0 |
| Eoin Morgan |  | 9 | 187 | 63 | 23.37 | 123.84 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | | 9 | 145 | 41 | 29.00 | 120.83 | 6 | 2/18 | 26.66 | 8.00 | 2 | 0 |
| K. L. Rahul | | 9 | 142 | 44* | 28.40 | 126.00 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Naman Ojha | | 14 | 137 | 28 | 13.70 | 113.22 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Karn Sharma | | 14 | 104 | 32 | 17.33 | 122.35 | 10 | 2/12 | 33.20 | 8.33 | 4 | 0 |
| Ashish Reddy | | 6 | 73 | 22* | 24.33 | 158.69 | 3 | 1/11 | 16.66 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Hanuma Vihari | | 5 | 39 | 16 | 9.75 | 111.42 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Kane Williamson |  | 2 | 31 | 26* | 31.00 | 114.81 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Dale Steyn |  | 6 | 20 | 19* | 20.00 | 153.84 | 3 | 2/38 | 56.66 | 8.94 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | | 14 | 17 | 11* | 17.00 | 170.00 | 18 | 3/26 | 22.61 | 7.87 | 5 | 0 |
| Praveen Kumar | | 12 | 17 | 12 | 5.66 | 68.00 | 7 | 2/35 | 47.00 | 9.13 | 3 | 0 |
| Parvez Rasool | | 2 | 2 | 2* | - | 100.00 | 1 | 1/20 | 31.00 | 6.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Bipul Sharma | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 3 | 2/13 | 16.66 | 7.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1/25 | 159.00 | 11.35 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 9 Apr 2017
Awards and Achievements
Awards
; Man of the Match| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | David Warner | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Won by 8 wickets | 57 | |
| 2 | David Warner | Kolkata Knight Riders | Visakhapatnam | Won by 16 runs | 91 | |
| 3 |  Trent Boult | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Won by 20 runs | 3/19 | |
| 4 | David Warner | Chennai Super Kings | Hyderabad | Won by 22 runs | 61 | |
| 5 | Eoin Morgan | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai | Won by 7 runs | 63 | |
| 6 | Moises Henriques | Delhi Daredevils | Raipur | Won by 6 runs | 74* | |
| 7 | David Warner | Kings XI Punjab | Hyderabad | Won by 5 runs | 81 |
; Season Awards
- Winner of Orange Cap: David Warner
Achievements
- David Warner becomes the First Player to score 50+ as a captain.
- Yes Bank Maximum Super Sixes Competition : Moises Henriques
- Hat-trick of Winning streak
- Best Catches of the season: David Warner
- Most Fours scored : David Warner
- Best Bowling Average : Moises Henriques
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