Sunrisers Hyderabad – IPL 2022 Best XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad have had the reputation of fielding a well balanced XI. They entered playoffs 5 out of the last 6 seasons including two finals. They were crowned the champions in 2016 under David Warner, while they managed to finish runners-up in 2018 under Kane Williamson.

Sunrisers have let go of majority of their overseas star cricketers like David Warner, Jonny Bairstow and Rashid Khan ahead of the mega auction. They went in with 3 retentions – A captain choice and 2 uncapped Kashmir cricketers.

Retained Cricketers:

Abdul Samad (4 crore INR), Umran Malik (4 crore INR), Kane Williamson (14 crore INR)

Squad:

Abdul Samad, Umran Malik Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ravikumar Samarth, Shashank Singh, Vishnu Vinod

Overseas Players: Kane Williamson (Captain), Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Sunrisers Hyderabad Best XI:

Kane Williamson (c), Abhishek Sharma, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Sean Abbott, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan

Sunrisers Hyderabad Alternate Probable XI:

Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aiden Markram, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shreyas Gopal, T Natarajan

* overseas players in bold

With the absence of Sean Abbott till April 5th – Sunrisers Hyderabad might ponder over bringing in Romario Shepherd or Marco Jansen as the all-rounder who can tonk with the bat and be effective with the ball.

Players Bought in IPL Mega Auction 2022:

Washington Sundar – 8.75 crore INR

Nicholas Pooran – 10.75 crore INR

T Natarajan – 4 crore INR

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 4.20 crore INR

Priyam Garg – 20 lakh INR

Rahul Tripathi – 8.50 crore INR

Abhishek Sharma – 6.50 crore INR

Kartik Tyagi – 4 crore INR

Shreyas Gopal – 75 lakh INR

Jagadeesha Suchith – 20 lakh INR

Aiden Markram – 2.60 crore INR

Marco Jansen – 4.20 crore INR

Romario Shepherd – 7.75 crore INR

Sean Abbott – 2.40 crore INR

Ravikumar Samarth – 20 lakh INR

Shashank Singh – 20 lakh INR

Saurabh Dubey – 20 lakh INR

Vishnu Vinod – 50 lakh INR

Glenn Phillips – 1.50 crore INR

Fazalhaq Farooqi – 50 lakh INR

SRH Fixtures:

Rajasthan Royals: 29 March

Lucknow Super Giants: 4^th April

Chennai Super Kings: 9^th April & 1^st May

Gujarat Titans: 11^th April & 27^th April

Kolkata Knight Riders: 15^th April & 14^th May

Punjab Kings: 17^th April & 22^nd May

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 23^rd April & 9^th May

Delhi Capitals: 5^th May

Mumbai Indians: 17^th May