2021 Sunrisers Hyderabad season
Indian Premier League cricket team season
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The Sunrisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League, making their ninth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was coached by Trevor Bayliss with Brad Haddin as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and VVS Laxman as mentor.[3]
CoachTrevor Bayliss
IPLLeague stage (8th)
| 2021 season | |||
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| Coach | Trevor Bayliss | ||
| Captain | David Warner Kane Williamson[a] Manish Pandey[b] | ||
| Ground(s) | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad | ||
| IPL | League stage (8th) | ||
| Most runs | Manish Pandey (292) | ||
| Most wickets | Rashid Khan (18) | ||
| Most catches | Abdul Samad (8) | ||
| Most wicket-keeping dismissals | Wriddhiman Saha (6) | ||
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They began the season with a loss against the Kolkata Knight Riders and failed to qualify for the playoffs finishing eighth at the end of the tournament.[4][5]
Background
On 15 December 2020, Tom Moody was appointed as the Director of Cricket for Sunrisers Hyderabad.[6][7] He coached the Sunrisers since its inception in 2013 until the end of 2019 season. The Sunrisers won their only IPL title in 2016 under his charge.[6]
Player acquisition
The Sunrisers Hyderabad retained 22 players and released five players as they announced their retention list on 20 January 2021 ahead of the auction.[8][9] They will enter into the auction with the remaining salary cap of ₹10.75 crore (US$1.1 million) to fill minimum of three domestic and one overseas players' slot.[10][11]
The players' auction took place on 18 February 2021 in Chennai.[12] The Sunrisers acquired services of two domestic players and an overseas player.[13]
- Retained players
- David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Thangarasu Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi
- Released players
- Sanjay Yadav, Bavanaka Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Prithvi Raj
- Added players
- Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Replacement players
- Jason Roy,[14] Sherfane Rutherford,[15] Umran Malik[16]
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Year signed denotes the season the player first played for the team
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary[17] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 1 | Abdul Samad |  India | 28 October 2001 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$21,000) | |
| 8 | Virat Singh | India | 8 December 1997 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2020 | ₹1.9 crore (US$200,000) | |
| 11 | Priyam Garg | India | 30 November 2000 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2020 | ₹1.9 crore (US$200,000) | |
| 18 | Kedar Jadhav | India | 26 March 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹2 crore (US$210,000) | |
| 20 | Jason Roy |  England | 21 July 1990 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹2 crore (US$210,000) | Overseas, Replacement for Marsh.[14] |
| 21 | Manish Pandey | India | 10 September 1989 (aged 31) | Right-handed | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.2 million) | ||
| 22 | Kane Williamson |  New Zealand | 8 August 1990 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2015 | ₹3 crore (US$320,000) | Captain, Overseas |
| 31 | David Warner |  Australia | 27 October 1986 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | ₹12 crore (US$1.3 million) | Overseas |
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| 4 | Abhishek Sharma | India | 4 September 2000 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹55 lakh (US$58,000) | |
| 5 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia | 20 October 1991 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2020 | ₹2 crore (US$210,000) | Overseas. Pulled out on 31 March for personal reasons.[14] |
| 7 | Mohammad Nabi |  Afghanistan | 1 January 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | ₹1 crore (US$110,000) | Overseas |
| 59 | Vijay Shankar | India | 26 January 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹3.2 crore (US$340,000) | Isolated as primary contact for COVID-19.[18] |
| 98 | Jason Holder |  Barbados | 5 November 1991 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | ₹75 lakh (US$79,000) | Overseas |
| Sherfane Rutherford |  Guyana | 15 August 1998 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | ₹75 lakh (US$79,000) | Overseas, Replacement for Bairstow.[15] Pulled out on 23 September for personal reasons.[19] | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 6 | Wriddhiman Saha | India | 24 October 1984 (aged 36) | Right-handed | 2018 | ₹1.2 crore (US$130,000) | ||
| 36 | Shreevats Goswami | India | 18 May 1989 (aged 31) | Left-handed | 2018 | ₹1 crore (US$110,000) | ||
| 51 | Jonny Bairstow | England | 26 September 1989 (aged 31) | Right-handed | 2019 | ₹2.2 crore (US$230,000) | Overseas. Pulled out on 11 September owing to bubble fatigue.[20] | |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 9 | Siddarth Kaul | India | 19 May 1990 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹3.8 crore (US$400,000) | |
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 5 February 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2014 | ₹8.5 crore (US$900,000) | |
| 19 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 20 September 1998 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | ₹9 crore (US$950,000) | Overseas |
| 24 | Umran Malik | India | 22 November 1999 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | ₹10 lakh (US$11,000) | Short-term replacement for Natarajan.[16] |
| 25 | Khaleel Ahmed | India | 5 December 1997 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$320,000) | |
| 30 | Basil Thampi | India | 11 September 1993 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹95 lakh (US$100,000) | |
| 44 | T. Natarajan | India | 4 April 1991 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹40 lakh (US$42,000) | Pulled out on 22 April due to knee injury[21] and returned for UAE leg. Tested positive for COVID-19 on 22 September.[18] |
| 45 | Jagadeesha Suchith | India | 16 January 1994 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹30 lakh (US$32,000) | |
| 66 | Sandeep Sharma | India | 18 May 1993 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$320,000) | |
| 77 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Afghanistan | 28 March 2001 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹1.5 crore (US$160,000) | Overseas |
| 88 | Shahbaz Nadeem | India | 12 August 1989 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹3.2 crore (US$340,000) | |
Last updated: 24 September 2021.
Source: IPLT20
Administration and support staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network) |
| CEO | K Shanmughan |
| Director of cricket | Tom Moody |
| Head coach | Trevor Bayliss |
| Assistant coach | Brad Haddin |
| Bowling coach | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Fielding coach | Biju George |
| Physio | Theo Kapakoulakis |
| Physical trainer | Mario Villavarayan |
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Season overview
League stage
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Delhi Capitals (3rd) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.481 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.455 | |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −0.140 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (R) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.587 | |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.116 | |
| 6 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.001 | |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.993 | |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −0.545 |
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.
Results by match
Fixtures
League stage
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11 April |
Kolkata Knight Riders 187/5 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 177/6 (20 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 runs |
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M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) | |||||
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14 April |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 143/9 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 runs |
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M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | |||||
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17 April |
(H) Mumbai Indians 150/5 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 (19.4 overs) |
Mumbai Indians won by 13 runs |
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M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) | |||||
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21 April |
(H) Punjab Kings 120 (19.4 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad 121/1 (18.4 overs) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 9 wickets |
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M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad) | |||||
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25 April |
Delhi Capitals 159/4 (20 overs) |
v |
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 159/7 (20 overs) |
Match tied (Delhi Capitals won the Super Over) |
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M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals) | |||||
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28 April |
Sunrisers Hyderabad 171/3 (20 overs) |
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(H) Chennai Super Kings 173/3 (18.3 overs) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets |
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Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings) | |||||
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2 May |
(H) Rajasthan Royals 220/3 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad 165/8 (20 overs) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 55 runs |
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Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) | |||||
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22 September |
Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/9 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals (H) 139/2 (17.5 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets |
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Anrich Nortje (Delhi Capitals) | |||||
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25 September |
Punjab Kings 125/7 (20 overs) |
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(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 120/7 (20 overs) |
Punjab Kings won by 5 runs |
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Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Jason Holder (Sunrisers Hyderabad) | |||||
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27 September |
Rajasthan Royals 164/5 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 167/3 (18.3 overs) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets |
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Jason Roy (Sunrisers Hyderabad) | |||||
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30 September |
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/7 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings 139/4 (19.4 overs) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets |
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Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Josh Hazlewood (Chennai Super Kings) | |||||
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3 October |
Sunrisers Hyderabad 115/8 (20 overs) |
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(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 119/4 (19.4 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets |
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Kolkata Knight Riders) | |||||
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6 October |
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 141/7 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad 137/6 (20 overs) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 runs |
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Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad) | |||||
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8 October |
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 193/8 (20 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians 235/9 (20 overs) |
Mumbai Indians won by 42 runs |
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Statistics
| No. | Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
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| 1 | Abdul Samad | 11 | 111 | 28 | 12.33 | 127.58 | 1 | 1/9 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 8 | – |
| 4 | Abhishek Sharma | 8 | 98 | 33 | 16.33 | 130.66 | 4 | 2/4 | 16.00 | 6.40 | 2 | – |
| 6 | Wriddhiman Saha | 9 | 131 | 44 | 14.55 | 93.57 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Mohammad Nabi | 3 | 34 | 17 | 11.33 | 170.00 | 2 | 2/32 | 43.00 | 10.75 | 5 | – |
| 8 | Virat Singh | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7.50 | 57.69 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 9 | Siddarth Kaul | 8 | 8 | 7* | – | 100.00 | 7 | 2/31 | 35.28 | 8.23 | 1 | – |
| 11 | Priyam Garg | 5 | 72 | 29 | 14.40 | 97.29 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 15 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 11 | 34 | 14* | 34.00 | 113.33 | 6 | 1/16 | 55.83 | 7.97 | 0 | – |
| 18 | Kedar Jadhav | 6 | 55 | 19 | 13.75 | 105.76 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 19 | Rashid Khan | 14 | 83 | 22 | 10.37 | 120.28 | 18 | 3/36 | 20.83 | 6.69 | 2 | – |
| 20 | Jason Roy | 5 | 150 | 60 | 30.00 | 123.96 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 21 | Manish Pandey | 8 | 292 | 69* | 48.66 | 123.72 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – |
| 22 | Kane Williamson | 10 | 266 | 66* | 44.33 | 113.19 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| 24 | Umran Malik | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1/21 | 48.00 | 8.00 | 0 | – |
| 25 | Khaleel Ahmed | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 5 | 3/21 | 43.80 | 8.11 | 0 | – |
| 31 | David Warner | 8 | 195 | 57 | 24.37 | 107.73 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 44 | T. Natarajan | 2 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 2 | 1/32 | 34.50 | 8.62 | 0 | – |
| 45 | Jagadeesha Suchith | 2 | 14 | 14* | – | 233.33 | 0 | – | – | 9.42 | 1 | – |
| 51 | Jonny Bairstow | 7 | 248 | 63* | 41.33 | 141.71 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| 59 | Vijay Shankar | 7 | 58 | 28 | 11.60 | 111.53 | 3 | 2/19 | 33.33 | 9.09 | 3 | – |
| 66 | Sandeep Sharma | 7 | 8 | 8* | 8.00 | 114.28 | 3 | 1/20 | 67.66 | 8.63 | 1 | – |
| 77 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 1 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.00 | 2 | 2/29 | 14.50 | 7.25 | 0 | – |
| 88 | Shahbaz Nadeem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1/36 | 36.00 | 9.00 | 1 | – |
| 98 | Jason Holder | 8 | 85 | 47* | 14.16 | 118.05 | 16 | 4/52 | 15.43 | 7.75 | 2 | – |
Last updated: 13 October 2021.
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Awards and achievements
Awards
- Man of the Match
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
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| 1 | 21 April 2021 | Jonny Bairstow | Punjab Kings | Chennai | Won by 9 wickets | 63* (56) | [23] |
| 2 | 25 September 2021 | Jason Holder | Punjab Kings | Sharjah | Lost by 5 runs | 3/19 (4 overs) and 47* (29) | [24] |
| 3 | 27 September 2021 | Jason Roy | Rajasthan Royals | Dubai | Won by 7 wickets | 60 (42) | [25] |
| 4 | 6 October 2021 | Kane Williamson | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Sharjah | Won by 4 runs | 31 (29) and 2 catches | [26] |
Achievements
- Mohammad Nabi became the first player in the IPL history to take five catches in a single match.[27]
Reaction
Trevor Bayliss and Brad Haddin stepped down as the head-coach and assistant coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad following the last-place finish.[28] VVS Laxman stepped down as mentor to take the job as the Director of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy.[29] On 23 December 2021, Tom Moody, predecessor to Bayliss, was announced as the head-coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 Indian Premier League with Simon Katich appointed as the assistant-coach.[30][31] Dale Steyn, Brian Lara and Hemang Badani were also appointed as pace-bowling, batting and fielding coaches.[30]