Pat Cummins will captain Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024.
IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Major Changes: The last few seasons of IPL have been very disappointing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. The team last made it to the playoffs in the 2020 season. In IPL 2020, David Warner took command of the team in place of Kane Williamson. In IPL 2021, Sunrisers Hyderabad won only 1 out of the first 7 matches, after which the franchise removed David Warner from the captaincy and appointed Kane Williamson as the captain.
Before the IPL 2022 mega auction, Sunrisers Hyderabad had shown confidence in Kane Williamson by retaining him. But under the captaincy of Kane Williamson, the team did not get any special results, the team was ranked 8th in the points table. Before IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad had released players like Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran. Then the franchise appointed Brian Lara as the head coach and Aiden Markram as the captain of the team.
Aiden Markram led Sunrisers Eastern Cape to win the trophy in SA 20 in the 2023 season. But even under the captaincy of Aiden Markram in the IPL, the team’s performance was not anything special. In IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad was able to win only 4 matches and finished last in the points table. Sunrisers Hyderabad will play its first match in IPL 2024 against Kolkata Knight Riders on March 23. Sunrisers Hyderabad has again made big changes for IPL 2024, let us tell you-
Take a look at the changes of Sunrisers Hyderabad-
- Sunrisers Hyderabad had released Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Karthik Tyagi, Vivant Sharma, Akeal Hosein and Adil Rashid before the IPL 2024 auction.
- In the IPL 2024 auction, Sunrisers Hyderabad placed bets on foreign players like Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga and Pat Cummins.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad bought Travis Head (6.8 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (1.5 crore), Pat Cummins (20.5 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (1.6 crore), Akash Singh (20 lakh) and J Subramaniam (20 lakh).
- World Cup winning captain Australian player Pat Cummins (20.5 crores) is the second most expensive player in IPL history.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad appointed Pat Cummins as captain in place of Aiden Markram for IPL 2024.
- Daniel Vettori replaced Brian Lara as head coach for IPL 2024.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad traded Shahbaz Ahmed to Royal Challengers Bangalore in exchange for Mayank Dagar.
- Daniel Vettori (head coach), Simon Helmot (assistant coach), James Franklin (fast bowling coach), Hemang Badani (batting coach), Muttiah Muralitharan (spin bowling and strategy coach), Ryan Cook (fielding coach) part of the coaching staff team Is.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Squad
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jensen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanveer Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Shahbad Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins (captain), Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, J. subramaniam