2013–2015: Initial years Sunrisers Hyderabad made their IPL debut in the
2013 season. In their inaugural season, the team reached the playoffs but were eliminated after losing against
Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets at
Feroz Shah Kotla in
Delhi on 22 May 2013. The team played all of their home games in
Hyderabad. For the
2014 season,
Pune Warriors India was defunct and not replaced, leaving only eight teams in the league. The team retained two players,
Dale Steyn and
Shikhar Dhawan. As a result of this retention, the team had an auction purse of and two right-to-match cards. Shikhar Dhawan and
Darren Sammy were named as captain and vice captain respectively. Due to the
2014 Lok Sabha Elections, the season was partially held outside India with the opening 20 matches hosted in the
United Arab Emirates and the remaining matches played in India from 2 May onwards. The team finished in 6th place with six wins and eight losses, failing to secure a place in the playoffs. Dhawan led the team for the first ten matches while Sammy led the team for remaining four.
David Warner was appointed as the captain for this season and led the team in all matches played.
Muttiah Muralitharan was appointed the team's bowling coach as well as mentor. Sunrisers Hyderabad played their first three home games at
Visakhapatnam and the remaining four home games at
Hyderabad. The team again finished 6th with seven wins and seven losses, failing to reach the playoffs. Warner won the first
Orange Cap for SRH.
2016–2020: Maiden title and consecutive playoff appearances For the
2016 season, SRH retained 15 players and released nine. After the auction, SRH traded two players. Sunrisers Hyderabad were crowned champions under
David Warner's magnificent captaincy after defeating
Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final and ending the season with 11 wins and six losses. This was their maiden, and to date only, title.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first Sunrisers Hyderabad player to win the
Purple Cap. For the
2017 season, SRH retained 17 players and released six from the title-winning squad. The team then spent at the auction, leaving remaining. As the defending champions, as per IPL norms, SRH hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies of the season. The team finished 3rd on points in the table. They lost against the
Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator match at the
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in
Bangalore. The team made a below-par total of 128–7 in 20 overs, but the Kolkata Knight Riders' innings was reduced to just six overs due to rain. The revised total was 48, which the Knight Riders met with seven wickets and four balls remaining.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was able to retain the
Purple Cap while David Warner won the
Orange Cap. For the
2018 season, the
Chennai Super Kings and
Rajasthan Royals were reinstated in the league after serving a two-year suspension from the competition due to the involvement of their players in
the 2013 IPL betting scandal. The IPL governing council decided that a maximum of five players can be retained by each IPL team. SRH retained only two players and released all remaining players from the squad. The retention of two players meant SRH went in to the 2018 IPL auction with 59 crore in their auction purse and three right-to-match (RTM) cards. The salary deduction for every retained player from the franchise's salary purse was stipulated to be 15 crore, 11 crore and 7 crore if three players were retained; 12.5 crore and 8.5 crore if two players were retained; and 12.5 crore if only one player was retained. For retaining an uncapped player, salary deduction was set at 3 crore. David Warner had stepped down from captaincy on 28 March 2018 and the
BCCI announced that he will not be allowed to play in
IPL 2018 following the
Australian ball-tampering controversy. On 29 March,
New Zealand captain
Kane Williamson was chosen to lead SRH for the 2018 season. On 31 March,
England batsman
Alex Hales was announced as replacement for the banned Warner. SRH finished the 2018 season as runners-up of the competition after losing to Chennai Super Kings in the final with 10 wins and seven losses. Williamson won the Orange Cap with 735 runs. Ahead of the auction, SRH traded
Shikhar Dhawan to
Delhi Capitals in favour of
Shahbaz Nadeem,
Vijay Shankar and
Abhishek Sharma. SRH retained 17 players and released nine players. On auction day (18 December 2018), SRH bought three new players;
Jonny Bairstow,
Martin Guptill and
Wriddhiman Saha, the latter of which was bought back in the auction after initially being released. David Warner made a comeback to IPL on 24 March 2019 after he was banned by BCCI to participate in 2018 season due to
Australian ball-tampering controversy. SRH decided to stay with
Kane Williamson as captain and
Bhuvneshwar Kumar as vice-captain. Before start of the season, Williamson was nursing an injury and Kumar led the team in the first game against
Kolkata Knight Riders and from the third game till the sixth game. SRH ended the 2019 season with 6 wins and 9 losses. They lost against
Delhi Capitals in the Eliminator at
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Warner won the
orange cap in this season. Ahead of the auction, SRH retained 18 players and released 5 players. On auction day (19 December 2019), SRH bought 7 new players including the likes of
Mitchell Marsh and
Priyam Garg among others. SRH parted ways with
Tom Moody and
Simon Helmot and named
Trevor Bayliss and
Brad Haddin as Head coach and Assistant Coach respectively. On 27 February 2020, Warner was reinstated as captain of SRH replacing
Kane Williamson. SRH ended their 2020 campaign with 8 wins and 8 losses. In the playoffs, they beat the
Royal Challengers Bangalore before losing to the
Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 2 at
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in
Abu Dhabi with Warner as their highest run-scorer for the season.
2021–2023: Struggles Ahead of the 2021 auction, SRH retained 22 players and released 5 players. On auction day (18 February 2021), SRH bought 3 players – J Suchith, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and
Kedar Jadhav. In addition, SRH added Tom Moody back to the staff team as the Director of Cricket. Following the team's poor start to the season with 1 win from 7 games, SRH announced
Kane Williamson as their captain for the remainder of the season replacing
David Warner.
Tom Moody and
Simon Helmot became the head coach and assistant-coach respectively for their second stint following the departure of
Trevor Bayliss and
Brad Haddin as Head coach and assistant coach respectively.
Dale Steyn has been appointed as the Fast bowling coach for SRH while
Muttiah Muralitharan remained as the spin bowling coach. Ahead of the Mega auction, SRH retained Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, and Umran Malik and has released other players including
Jonny Bairstow, Warner,
Rashid Khan,
Manish Pandey,
Sandeep Sharma and
Siddarth Kaul for the 2022 Mega auction. SRH has bought
Bhuvneshwar Kumar,
T. Natarajan,
Marco Jansen,
Aiden Markram,
Rahul Tripathi,
Abhishek Sharma,
Romario Shepherd,
Washington Sundar,
Nicholas Pooran and
Glenn Phillips during the IPL 2022 Mega auction. Kane Williamson led the team in the 2022 season. They finished in 8th place on the points table. After initial success, the team lost five back-to-back matches and didn't qualify for the playoffs. SRH appointed
Brian Lara as the head coach ahead of the 2023 season replacing
Tom Moody. SRH have announced
Aiden Markram as the new captain for 2023 season replacing former captain
Kane Williamson following a poor 2022 season. Ahead of the auction, SRH retained 12 players while the franchise released their captain Kane Williamson and other players including
Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, and Romario Shepherd. On the auction day, their significant buys were
Harry Brook,
Mayank Agarwal,
Heinrich Klaasen and
Adil Rashid. The team disappointed, managing only 4 wins over the season (including a solitary win at the home ground) while many players had difficult campaigns, including Brook, Agarwal and Malik with the performances of
Heinrich Klaasen,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and
Mayank Markande being the positives.
2024: Turnaround after struggles Following the 2023 season debacle, SRH announced
Daniel Vettori as the head coach replacing
Brian Lara and released the likes of
Harry Brook,
Adil Rashid, and
Kartik Tyagi ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. SRH traded
Mayank Dagar to
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and got
Shahbaz Ahmed in return ahead of the players retention/release deadline. On the auction day, SRH purchased the likes of
Pat Cummins,
Travis Head,
Wanindu Hasaranga,
Jaydev Unadkat. SRH announced
Pat Cummins as the new captain for the 2024 season replacing former captain
Aiden Markram following a poor 2023 season. The team started off their campaign with a narrow defeat against
Kolkata Knight Riders. On 27 March 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad surpassed Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 11-year-old record of the highest-ever IPL total of 263 runs by scoring 277 against Mumbai Indians, & securing a 31-run victory at the
in Hyderabad. Following this, the team endured another narrow defeat to
Gujarat Titans. The team then went with a 4 match winning streak against
Chennai Super Kings,
Punjab Kings,
Royal Challengers Bangalore and
Delhi Capitals with the last 3 being at their respective home grounds. On 15 April 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own record for the highest IPL total with a sensational 287 for three against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in
Bengaluru. SRH's total is also the second-highest T20 cricket, only behind Nepal's 314/3 against Mongolia in 2023. In reply, RCB racked up 262 for seven in a 25-run defeat, the highest T20 score ever to end up on the losing team. Following the 4 match winning streak, the team had recorded its solitary home defeat against
Royal Challengers Bangalore followed by a defeat against
CSK in
Chennai. SRH pulled off a 1 run win against
Rajasthan Royals at home with
Bhuvneshwar Kumar defending 12 runs (needed for Rajasthan to clinch the win) and dismissing
Rovman Powell on the final delivery off the match. The team then lost to
Mumbai Indians in
Mumbai. The team has returned to
Hyderabad for their final 3 league games, the team has chased down
Lucknow Super Giants total of 165 in 9.4 overs without losing a single wicket, followed by a washout against
Gujarat Titans and have finished off the league stage with a win against
Punjab Kings at home and ended at number 2 position in the table marking a return to playoffs after 4 years. The team played against
Kolkata Knight Riders at
Ahmedabad in Qualifier 1, which they lost by 8 wickets and played the qualifier 2 against
Rajasthan Royals in
Chennai, won the match by 36 runs and advanced to finals to play
Kolkata Knight Riders in
Chennai. The team ended the season as runners up with
Kolkata Knight Riders winning by 8 wickets, the team has finished with 9 wins, 7 losses and 1 No result.
2025: A season of ups and downs Ahead of the season, SRH retained just five players of Captain
Pat Cummins,
Travis Head,
Heinrich Klaasen,
Abhishek Sharma and
Nitish Kumar Reddy while remainder of the squad including
Bhuvneshwar Kumar,
T Natarajan,
Rahul Tripathi,
Aiden Markram,
Marco Jansen were released. During the Mega Auction 2025, SRH purchased the players of
Ishan Kishan,
Mohammed Shami,
Harshal Patel,
Aniket Verma,
Eshan Malinga,
Rahul Chahar,
Adam Zampa,
Kamindu Mendis,
Jaydev Unadkat,
Abhinav Manohar and
Brydon Carse. During the season,
Wiaan Mulder, Smaran Ravichandran and
Harsh Dubey were drafted in as injury replacements of
Brydon Carse,
Adam Zampa and Smaran Ravichandran respectively.
Hemang Badani left the squad from a batting coach role while
James Franklin replaced
Dale Steyn as the Fast Bowling coach While SRH started off 2025 with a resounding victory over
Rajasthan Royals in their opening match at Hyderabad, they couldn't retain the momentum and lost a few back-to-back games, which made them reeling at the 9th place for majority of the season. The team then bounced back by recording their highest successful run chase of 246 against
Punjab Kings at home. The team ended their season on a high by winning 4 out of their last 6 matches including beating the
Chennai Super Kings at Chennai for the first time and also a seemingly winning match against
Delhi Capitals at Hyderabad was washed out due to heavy rain and wet outfield. Ultimately the team finished in the 6th place with 6 Wins, 7 Losses and 1 No Result.
2026: Present Following the ups and downs season, SRH replaced
James Franklin with
Varun Aaron as Fast Bowling coach, with Franklin being promoted to assistant coach. SRH released 7 players including the likes of
Rahul Chahar,
Wiaan Mulder,
Adam Zampa,
Simarjeet Singh and retained the remainder of the squad.
Mohammed Shami was traded to
Lucknow Super Giants for an all-cash deal prior to players release/retention deadline. During the IPL 2026 auction, SRH purchased 10 players including the likes of
Liam Livingstone,
Jack Edwards,
Shivam Mavi,
Salil Arora.
Performance by season Captains Last updated: 03 May 2026 Note: The Captains list and results include the participation of
CLT20 2013 and from IPL 2013 to latest season. ==Home ground==