After parting ways with mainstays David Warner and Kane Williamson over the past couple of seasons, Sunrisers Hyderabad enters a new chapter in the Indian Premier League. The Sunrisers, who will compete in the IPL in 2023, selected England's Harry Brook ($13.25 million), India's Mayank Agarwal ($8.25 million), and South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen (5.25 crore).The franchise was the ultimate paddle pusher, entering the auction with a bankroll of over 42 crores, and making two million-dollar-plus purchases in Englishman Harry Brook and Indian opener Mayank Agarwal. Agarwal is currently out of India's cross-format contention, but aside from last year, he has been a reliable IPL performer, and given the high cost of domestic capped players, auction dynamics would have encouraged his aggressive bidding. In addition, Mayank gives SRH a captaincy option because Kane Williamson is gone for the year.
But to include Brook, who some have dubbed "England's Virat Kohli," they would have to drop either South African Aiden Markram or T20 prodigy Glenn Phillips from the middle order. Markram now throws a useful offspin ball on slow surfaces. They are unable to bench Brooks because of the money they paid for him.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Squad :
Players Bought in the IPL 2023 Auction : Anmolpreet Singh (INR 20 lakh), Akeal Hosein (INR 1 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 20 lakh), Mayank Dagar (INR 1.8 crore), Upendra Yadav (INR 25 lakh), Sanvir Singh (INR 20 lakh), Samarth Vyas (INR 20 lakh), Vivrant Sharma (INR 2.6 crore), Mayank Markande (INR 50 lakh), Adil Rashid (INR 2 crore), Heinrich Klaasen (INR 5.25 crore), Mayank Agarwal (INR 8.25 crore), Harry Brook (INR
Players retained : Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, and Umran Malik.