IPL 2022: Sunrisers Hyderabad Factbox, A consistent team lacking final push – Firstcricket News, Firstpost

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Sunrisers Hyderabad made their debut in 2013, replacing the Deccan Chargers. Hyderabad have been a fairly consistent side. They started off well making it to the playoffs on their debut but then missed out the next two years before bouncing back hard to lift the trophy in 2016. They qualified for the playoffs every year since then including a finals appearance in 2018 until last year where they endured a difficult season and failed to qualify for the play-offs for the first time in six years. They finished last in the table with just 3 wins from 14 matches with 11 losses.

Here’s how they have fared year on year

How did they fare in the previous season: SRH endured their worst season last year and finished last in the 2021 edition. They had never finished below sixth in their history. Nothing clicked for them and they kept plummeting. It took them four matches to win their first game. And then they could manage just two more in the next 10 games.

Win Percentage: SRH are fourth in the list of win percentages, winning 50.72 percent of their matches. They have won 68 of their 138 matches and lost 66. They are one of four teams with more wins than losses in the IPL. However, after that horror last season they gulf between wins and losses is narrowing now and they would look to get back to their best in the coming.

Highest Run-getter: David Warner

Warner arrived at the franchise a year after their inception and since then he was their main driving force, churning out runs season after season. He had scored 3819 runs from 87 innings for SRH at a staggering average of 52.31. He had also hit two centuries and 38 fifties and scored at a strike rate of 144.98. Overall. Ever since his arrival, he’s scored more than 500 runs in every edition. That was untill the 2021 season where he had a fall out with the team management, endured indifferent season and was dropped from the eleven mid-way through the season. He scored 195 runs from 8 innings at 24.37 and possessed a strike rate of 107.73, very uncharacteristic. Expectedly, he wasn’t retained by SRH and will be back playing for Delhi Capitals where he made his IPL debut. Overall in his 8-year SRH career, he scored 4014 runs for SRH at an average of 49.55 including two hundreds and 40 fifties. He had a SR of 142.59. The year 2016, where he played a major role in helping SRH lift the title with his batting and captaincy, was his most prolific as he amassed 848 runs from 17 matches at 60.57.

Highest wicket-taker: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Just like Warner, Bhuvneshwar debuted for the franchise in 2014, and has been a consistent performer in the bowling department, picking up 118 wickets from 101 innings at 24.31. He’s been impressive with the new ball as well as at the death and possesses an economy rate of 7.46 and a strike rate of 19.5. He has one five-wicket haul to his name and two four-fers. He wasn’t retained by the franchise at first but then bought back in the auction for 4.2 crore.

Highest individual score: David Warner 126 vs KKR in Hyderabad in 2017.

It’s that man Warner again. He owns seven of the top 10 highest individual scores for the franchise – 126, 100*, 93*, 92, 91, 90*, 90.

The highest score arrived in 2017 when he hammered 126 off 59 balls including 10 fours and eight sixes against KKR at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. He propelled SRH to 209/3 and they eventually went on to win the match comfortably by 48 runs.

Bouns point: David Warner has hit the fastest century for SRH, off 43 balls. And it came in that same match where he scored 126 against KKR.

Highest team score: 231/2 vs RCB in Hyderabad in 2019

It was a match where Warner and Bairstow went berserk and put on a 185-run opening stand, the highest ever in the history of IPL. Warner scored 100 off 55 balls while Bairstow hit 114 off 56 balls as they clobbered 17 fours and 12 sixes between them in 16.2 overs.

In reply, RCB capitulated to 113 all out. It was their largest victory as well, winning by 118 runs.

Favourite opponent: Kings XI Punjab

SRH have had a wood over KXIP winning 12 of their 18 matches and losing just six. They have their highest win percentage against Punjab winning 66.66 percent matches (For teams against whom SRH has played 10 or more matches).

Bogey team: Chennai Super Kings

SRH have struggled against CSK losing 12 of their 16 matches and winning just four. They have the worst loss percentage of 75 percent (For teams against whom SRH has played 10 or more matches).

When they played in the UAE:

SRH didn’t have the best of times in the UAE in 2014, losing three of the five matches in that leg. They didn’t qualify for the Playoffs that season, ending sixth in the table. They however came back strong six years later, making it to the Playoffs but losing in Qualifier 2 against Delhi Capitals.

IPL 2021 brought back memories of 2014 as they won just two of the seven matches in the UAE leg and finished bottom of the table.

Lesser known facts:

• David Warner has scored 1485 runs from 29 innings at an average of 64.57 and a SR of 161.06 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in IPL – the most by any SRH player at a venue in IPL.

• Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 35 wickets from 34 matches at a SR of 22.14 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in IPL – the most by any SRH player at a venue in IPL.

• Among players who have scored at least 5000 runs in IPL, David Warner’s batting average of 41.59 is the second highest in the league so far.

• Warner has scored 54 fifty-plus scores in IPL – the most among all the players.

Retentions, purchases and squad

Players retained: Kane Williamson (NZ batter) Rs 14 crore, Abdul Samad (India allrounder) Rs 4 crore, Umran Malik (India pacer) Rs 4 crore

IPL 2022 players purchased:

Nicholas Pooran (WI batter-wk) Rs 10.75 crore
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India pacer) Rs 4.20 crore
Washington Sundar (India allrounder) Rs 8.75 crore
T Natarajan (India pacer) Rs 4 crore
Rahul Tripathi (India batter) Rs 8.50 crore
Priyam Garg (India batter) Rs 20 lakh
Kartik Tyagi (India pacer) Rs 4 crore
Abhishek Sharma (India allrounder) Rs 6.5 crore
Shreyas Gopal (India spinner) Rs 75 lakh
Saurabh Dubey (India pacer) Rs 20 lakh
Shashank Singh (India allrounder) Rs 20 lakh
Sean Abott (Australia pacer) Rs 2.40 crore
R Samarth (India batter) Rs 20 lakh
J Suchith (India spinner) Rs 20 lakh
Aiden Markram (SA batter) Rs 2.60 crore
Romario Shephard (WI allrounder) Rs 7.75 crore
Marco Jansen (SA allrounder) Rs 4.20 crore
Vishnu Vinod (India batter-wk) Rs 50 lakh
Glenn Phillips (NZ batter-wk) Rs 1.50 crore
Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan pacer) Rs 50 lakh

Full squad: Kane Williamson, Umran Malik, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

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