| Club: | SunRisers Hyderabad |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Coach: | Tom Moody |
| Captain: | David Warner |
| Ground: | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (Capacity: 55,000) |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | Champions (1st title) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
| Most Runs: | David Warner (848) |
| Most Wickets: | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (23) |
| Most Catches: | Moisés Henriques (11) |
| Most Dismissals: | Naman Ojha (18) |
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.[1] 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.[2] Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the Purple Cap for taking 23 wickets in this IPL.[3]
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See main article: List of 2016 Indian Premier League personnel changes.
The players auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League held in Bangalore on 6 February 2016. All eight franchises had participated in the auction.[5] SRH has retained 15 players and released 9 players from the previous season. Due to this effort SRH Spent and kept the balance [6] [7] Added 10 players to the team.[8]
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[9]
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| Kane Williamson | April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2015 | Overseas. | ||||
| Eoin Morgan | April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2015 | Overseas. | ||||
| Shikhar Dhawan | April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2013 | |||||
| David Warner | April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2014 | Captain, Overseas. | ||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2014 | ||||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| Moisés Henriques | April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2014 | Overseas. | ||||
| Yuvraj Singh | April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2016 | |||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2015 | ||||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | Overseas. | |||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2014 | ||||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| Naman Ojha | April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| Trent Boult | April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2015 | Overseas. | ||||
| Barinder Sran | April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2016 | |||||
| Ashish Nehra | April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | Withdrew due to hamstring injury.[11] | ||||
| Mustafizur Rahman | April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2016 | Overseas. | ||||
| Abhimanyu Mithun | April 9, 2016 | Right-handed | 2016 | |||||
| Karn Sharma | April 9, 2016 | Left-handed | 2013 | |||||
See main article: 2016 Indian Premier League final.
| 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 | |||
| 17 | 144 | 34 | 10.28 | 119.00 | 3 | 2/16 | 32.33 | 7.46 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 4 | 47 | 32 | 23.50 | 162.06 | 1 | 1/14 | 39.00 | 10.17 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 53.33 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | - | - | - | 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 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" | - | - | - | 1 | 1/39 | 39.00 | 9.75 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 Oct 2017
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Won by 7 wickets | 90*(59) | |||||
| 2 | Won by 10 wickets | 4/29 (4 Overs) | |||||
| 3 | Won by 5 wickets | 2/9 (4 Overs) | |||||
| 4 | Won by 15 runs | 92(50) | |||||
| 5 | Won by 5 wickets | 2/28 (4 Overs) | |||||
| 6 | Won by 85 runs | 3/15 (3 Overs) | |||||
| Play-offs | |||||||
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders (Eliminator) | Won by 22 Runs | 31(21) & 2/17 (3 Overs) | ||||
| 8 | Gujarat Lions (Qualifier 2) | Won by 4 Wickets | 93*(58) | ||||
| 9 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (Final) | Won by 8 Runs | 39(15) & 2/35 (4 Overs) | ||||
The 2016 season performances helped the IPL see its brand value jump by 19% to the estimated value of 4.16 billion. The SunRisers also saw the increase in their brand value by 17% to 41 million in 2016, according to Duff & Phelps.[19]