Sunrisers
This team is popularly known as Sunrisers Hyderabad. From its day one of the tournament it is the team known for its game-changing performance. It has got best of the bowlers as well as batsmen and all-rounders who are capable of bringing a considerable variation not only in-game but also in strategies. This team is although undervalued due to its past performance, it has focused on the game in coming years and committed to improving its performance which can be noticed by the history of the game also. Among the best teams of this tournament, one cannot ignore this team as it has incredible players who have an extensive record of performance in various international matches. It has been a team where individual players have contributed well to almost every match despite loss in the game.
The owners:
The team SunRisers Hyderabad represents Hyderabad city from Telangana State. It is owned by Kalanithi Maran and Sun TV network. It was established in 2012 when the Team Deccan Chargers terminated from the tournament of IPL. It was taken by the present owners at the cost of $70 million. This team has won the trophy once in the tournament since the inception. David Warner is the highest scorer from the team while Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the highest wicket-taker. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad is the home ground of this team.
Team Sunrisers:
In the year 2013, this team has officially entered the IPL replacing one of the major teams, the Deccan Chargers. One can find some of the best players played for this team. The list of such players has names of Darren Sammy, Thisara Pareira, Kumar Sangakkara, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock
Notable performances by the team:
This team has a good combination of batsmen as well as bowlers and all-rounders, yet it has seen many ups and downs throughout its journey in IPL. In the initial years, the performance of the team was not much notable as it was knocked out in 2014 and 2015 in league stage only. In 2013, 2017 and 2019 it could make to playoffs only. The year 2016 was good for the team when it won the trophy of IPL.
The players who are part of this team now:
Since the beginning of this team, the squad has been considered as a perfect one, and presently also this team holds some of the big players of cricket world. Kane Williamson is the captain of this team now, and in other players, one can find the names of David Warner, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Khaleel Ahmed, Johny Bairstow, Manish Pandey and Priyam Garg. Trevor Bayliss is the head coach of the team while Muttiah Muralidharan is the bowling mentor and VVS Laxman is Batting mentor. This team has played a total 109 matches out of which it has won in 58. In 50 matches it was defeated while 1 match was ended without any result. Hence the overall winning ratio of this team is 54%