| Club: | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Coach: | Tom Moody |
| Captain: | David Warner |
| Ground: | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (Capacity: 55,000) ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam (Capacity: 38,000) |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | Group Stage (6th) |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
| Most Runs: | David Warner (562) |
| Most Wickets: | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (18) |
| Most Catches: | David Warner (8) |
| Most Dismissals: | Naman Ojha (7) |
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 are competing in the 2015 Indian Premier League. This was their third outing in IPL. The team was being captained by David Warner[1] and coached by Tom Moody[2] 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.[3]
They appointed Muttiah Muralitharan as their bowling coach for 2015 season[4]
ACA-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.[5]
See main article: List of 2015 Indian Premier League personnel changes.
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.[10] Added 10 players to the team.[11] Later, there has been a replacement in the team with Bipul Sharma filling in for Laxmi Ratan Shukla.[12]
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, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Padmanabhan Prasanth, Hanuma Vihari, Siddarth Kaul, Kevin Pietersen
Replacement Players: Bipul Sharma
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2014 | ||||||
| Shikhar Dhawan | April 8, 2015 | Left-handed | 2013 | |||||
| Eoin Morgan | April 8, 2015 | Left-handed | 2015 | Overseas. Unavailable due to national commitments. | ||||
| Kevin Pietersen | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | Overseas. Withdrew due to other reasons.[14] | ||||
| April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | ||||||
| David Warner | April 8, 2015 | Left-handed | 2014 | Captain, Overseas. | ||||
| Kane Williamson | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | Overseas. | ||||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| Ravi Bopara | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | Overseas. Unavailable due to national commitments. | ||||
| Moisés Henriques | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2014 | Overseas. | ||||
| Parvez Rasool | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2014 | ||||||
| April 8, 2015 | Left-handed | 2015 | Replacement to LR Shukla. | |||||
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | Withdrew due to Injury. | ||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| Naman Ojha | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| K. L. Rahul | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| Trent Boult | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | Overseas. | ||||
| April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | ||||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| Praveen Kumar | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2015 | |||||
| April 8, 2015 | Left-handed | 2014 | ||||||
| April 8, 2015 | Left-handed | 2015 | ||||||
| Ishant Sharma | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2013 | |||||
| Karn Sharma | April 8, 2015 | Left-handed | 2013 | |||||
| Dale Steyn | April 8, 2015 | Right-handed | 2013 | Overseas. | ||||
| Name | 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 | |||
| 6 | 73 | 22* | 24.33 | 158.69 | 3 | 1/11 | 16.66 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 3 | 2/13 | 16.66 | 7.14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trent Boult | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | - | - | - | 9 | 3/19 | 26.22 | 8.42 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ishant Sharma | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | - | - | - | 1 | 1/25 | 159.00 | 11.35 | 0 | 0 |
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Won by 8 wickets | 57 (27) | |||||
| 2 | Won by 16 runs (D/L) | 91 (55) | |||||
| 3 | Won by 20 runs | 3/19 (4 overs) | |||||
| 4 | Won by 22 runs | 61 (28) | |||||
| 5 | Won by 7 runs | 63 (28) | |||||
| 6 | Won by 6 runs | 74 (46) | |||||
| 7 | Won by 5 runs | 81 (52) |
Ahead of the 2015 season, the IPL saw increase in its brand value by 9% to 3.54 billion while the Sunrisers' brand value was increased by 40% to 35 million, according to American Appraisal.[18]