Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in
Hyderabad, India, which plays in the
Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the
2016 Indian Premier League, their fourth outing in the competition. The team was captained by
David Warner and coached by
Tom Moody with
Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and
VVS Laxman as mentor.[1] They started their campaign against
Royal Challengers Bangalore on 12 April 2016 on a losing note but went on to win their first IPL title, beating the same opposition in the
final on 29 May 2016 by 8 runs. In the process, they became the first team to win both, the Eliminator match and Qualifier 2 before winning the final.
Ben Cutting was declared the man of the match in the final and
Mustafizur Rahman was declared as the emerging player of the season.[2]Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the
Purple Cap for taking 23 wickets in this IPL.[3]
The players auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League held in
Bangalore on 6 February 2016. All eight franchises had participated in the auction.[5] SRH has retained 15 players and released 9 players from the previous season. Due to this effort SRH Spent ₹358.5 million (US$4.3 million) and kept the balance ₹301.5 million (US$3.6 million)[6][7] Added 10 players to the team.[8]
The
2016 season performances helped the IPL see its brand value jump by 19% to the estimated value of US$4.16 billion. The SunRisers also saw the increase in their brand value by 17% to US$41 million in 2016, according to
Duff & Phelps.[20]