Captain–Pat Cummins
Coach–Daniel Vettori
Owner–Sun TV Network Limited
Venue–Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium
Batters
Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan, a powerful left-handed wicketkeeper-batter who led India U19 to the 2016 WC final, starred for Gujarat Lions and then MI—winning IPL 2019 & 2020 with a 516-run season in 2020, becoming the 2022 auction’s costliest buy at INR 15.25 Cr, owning an ODI double ton—and for TATA IPL 2025 was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 11.25 Cr as their most expensive player.
Aniket Verma
Aniket Verma, a right-handed hard-hitting batter from Uttar Pradesh, made his mark in domestic cricket while playing for Madhya Pradesh. With an impressive record in the U23 circuit, Verma caught the attention of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who secured him for INR 30 Lakh at his base price for TATA IPL 2025.
Smaran Ravichandran
Smaran Ravichandran, a 21-year-old hard-hitting left-handed Karnataka batter, has 516 first-class runs at 64.50 with back-to-back tons, strong List A (72.16) and T20 (34) numbers, a title-winning 101 in the 2025 Vijay Hazare final, and earned his first IPL deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 lakhs as Adam Zampa’s replacement, now set to learn alongside stars like Travis Head, Pat Cummins, and Abhishek Sharma.
Heinrich Klaasen
Heinrich Klaasen, South Africa’s explosive wicketkeeper-batter famed for his 174 off 83 vs Australia in 2023, had short RR and RCB stints before thriving at SRH since 2023 with back-to-back 400+ run seasons, a 170+ strike rate and a century, leading SRH to retain him for TATA IPL 2025 as a proven middle-order match-winner.
Travis Head
Travis Head, Australia’s fearless left-handed opener and handy off-spinner who hit match-winning tons in the WTC 2021–23 and ODI WC 2023 finals, strikes at 160+ in T20Is and 170+ in IPL, scored 567 runs including a century and SRH’s joint-fastest fifty (16 balls) after joining from RCB, and was retained by SRH for TATA IPL 2025 to continue his dominant opening combo with Abhishek Sharma.
All Rounders
Harshal Patel
Harshal Patel, the right-arm medium pacer renowned for his variations and dipping slower-ball yorkers, debuted for RCB in 2012, shone with DC (2018–20), won Purple Caps in 2021 (32 wickets) and 2024 (24 wickets) becoming only the third bowler to win it twice, and was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 8 Crore for TATA IPL 2025.
Kamindu Mendis
Kamindu Mendis, a Sri Lankan all-rounder known for ambidextrous bowling and rapid batting success—including matching Don Bradman by reaching 1000 Test runs in 13 innings—was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for TATA IPL 2025 for INR 75 Lakh.
Harsh Dubey
Vidarbha all-rounder Harsh Dubey, a slow left-arm orthodox spinner who replaced R Smaran for Sunrisers Hyderabad in TATA IPL 2025, grabbed a Ranji Trophy record 69 wickets in the 2024/25 season to lead Vidarbha to the title.
Brydon Carse
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma, a destructive SRH opener and part-time left-arm spinner who debuted in 2018, owns the joint-fastest SRH fifty (16 balls), has two T20I centuries with a strike rate over 190, and was retained by SRH for TATA IPL 2025 as a key top-order player.
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Nitish Kumar Reddy, a young Andhra Pradesh all-rounder and middle-order batter–medium pacer, who first stunned with a triple-century and a 441 in the 2017–18 Vijay Merchant Trophy and later scored a century on Test debut at the MCG in Australia, has been with SRH since IPL 2023 and is retained for TATA IPL 2025.
Bowlers
Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins, Australia’s 500-wicket fast-bowling all-rounder and World Cup/WTC-winning captain who also smashed the fastest IPL fifty (14 balls), was retained by SRH for TATA IPL 2025 after being a INR 20.50 Cr signing in 2024.
Zeeshan Ansari
Zeeshan Ansari, a young Uttar Pradesh leg-break bowler who impressed at U19 and domestic levels, earned an INR 40 Lakh SRH deal for TATA IPL 2025 and will gain valuable experience alongside elite leggies Adam Zampa and Rahul Chahar.
Jaydev Unadkat
Jaydev Unadkat, an experienced left-arm pacer from Saurashtra and IPL veteran since 2010 with stints at KKR, RCB, DC, RPS, RR, MI, LSG, and SRH, is known for his deceptive off-cutters, starred for RPS in 2017 with 24 wickets in 12 games, earned an INR 11.5 Cr deal with RR in 2018, and now returns to SRH for TATA IPL 2025 after being bought for INR 1 Cr.
Eshan Malinga
Eshan Malinga, a high-pace Sri Lankan right-arm quick who impressed in domestic cricket and the Sri Lanka A setup before earning a 2025 ODI debut vs New Zealand, was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.20 Cr at the TATA IPL 2025 Auction.