Sunrisers Hyderabad Academy

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2021 season overview

The Sunrisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League, making their ninth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was coached by Trevor Bayliss with Brad Haddin as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor. They began the season with a loss against the Kolkata Knight Riders and failed to qualify for the playoffs finishing eighth at the end of the tournament.

Quick Facts

Affiliation: Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL Franchise)

Lore & Background

On 15 December 2020, Tom Moody was appointed as the Director of Cricket for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He coached the Sunrisers since its inception in 2013 until the end of 2019 season. The Sunrisers won their only IPL title in 2016 under his charge.

Reader's Guide

The Sunrisers Hyderabad retained 22 players and released five players as they announced their retention list on 20 January 2021 ahead of the auction. The players' auction took place on 18 February 2021 in Chennai. The Sunrisers acquired services of two domestic players and an overseas player. Retained players included David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Thangarasu Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi. Released players were Sanjay Yadav, Bavanaka Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Prithvi Raj. Added players were Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Replacement players were Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Umran Malik.

Did You Know?

Mohammad Nabi became the first player in the IPL history to take five catches in a single match.
VVS Laxman stepped down as mentor to take the job as the Director of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy.
On 23 December 2021, Tom Moody was announced as the head-coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 Indian Premier League with Simon Katich appointed as the assistant-coach.