Detonator Posted April 4, 2013 Posted April 4, 2013 Home Ground - Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad [ame= Video[/ame] The Squard : Kumar Sangakkara © Cameron White Dale Steyn Christopher Lynn Darren Sammy Thisara Perera Akshath Reddy Amit Mishra Anand Rajan Ankit Sharma Ashish Reddy Biplab Samatray Ravi Teja Parthiv Patel Shikhar Dhawan Veer Pratap Singh Ishant Sharma Sudeep Tyagi Sachin Rana Karan Sharma Hanuma Vihari Nathan McCullum Clint McKay Quinton-De-Kock Thalaivan Sargunam Big Picture The IPL is a two-month long exercise but the controversies and issues it has thrown up in recent years have kept it in the news long after the last ball of each season has been bowled. The financial woes of Deccan Chargers was one such matter and it led to the franchise's termination by the BCCI, followed by its acquisition for US$79.4 million by the Chennai-based Sun TV network. The new owners of what is now the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise retained 20 players from the original squad, but there have been some changes since. The team had a forgettable season in 2012, finishing second from the bottom. Among the attempts made by its new owners to reverse those fortunes is introducing changes to the support staff. Tom Moody has been appointed coach, Waqar Younis has been roped in as a bowling consultant, Simon Helmot was named Moody's deputy, and Kris Srikkanth and VVS Laxman drafted in as team mentors. Kumar Sangakkara has been retained as captain, though he won't play the team's match(es) in Chennai. There are few specialist batsmen in the squad, which relies primarily on allrounders - those of the bowling variety. Sunrisers, at the auction this year, bought Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, and Nathan McCullum. They also strengthened their attack with the purchase of medium-pacer Clint McKay and have replaced Darren Bravo with South Africa opener Quinton de Kock. Chargers managed to save face last year by winning their last two league games after beginning the season horribly, losing five in a row. Theirs was an all-round failure, with bowlers failing to defend sizeable targets when their batsmen clicked, and the batsmen not helping matters with their inconsistency when the bowling did better. Some of their overseas signings this time should boost the middle order and add more depth to the bowling attack. Key players Shikhar Dhawan was the team's highest run-getter last year and remains a crucial player in the XI, though he'll miss the first two weeks of the tournament due to a hand injury he suffered during the Test series against Australia. Dhawan has de Kock, Parthiv Patel, and Sangakkara as potential opening partners, and has plenty of confidence coming in to this IPL after a successful domestic season and a whirlwind century on Test debut in Mohali. Dale Steyn is the Sunrisers' biggest bowling asset, but equally important will be Sangakkara's leadership. He's playing under a new group of owners, though with a familiar face in coach Moody, who formerly coached Sri Lanka. Sangakkara had a poor IPL last year, averaging 18.18 in 12 games but has had an excellent run this year with a productive series against Bangladesh. If his own form was a contributing factor to the batting failures last year, he has a team with a group of players - Sammy, Steyn, Dhawan and himself - with recent successes that should be able to drive them to prevent the kind of beginning they had last season. Big names in Thisara Perera: Sunrisers spent US$675,000 on Perera, a reliable seamer with good variations and big-hitting batsman in the middle order. Perera has a strong reputation for the skills he brings, and his team might be faced with a tough choice between picking him and Sammy in the playing XI given the overseas quota, and Sangakkara and Steyn as likely starters. Big names out Dan Christian was bought for a whopping US$900,000 by Chargers in 2011, but that didn't seem to have paid dividends last year. Christian played less than half of his team's matchers and proved expensive with the ball. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for this season, for US$100,000. Below the radar Amit Mishra, the legspinner, has not played for India since August 2011 but has been doing well for Haryana of late. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament, he picked up 10 wickets in five games at 10.80, conceding just six an over. Together with McCullum, he is one of two specialist spinners likely to get a full spell and has warmed up well for the IPL this season. Availability Sangakkara and Perera will miss the Sunrisers' game in Chennai on April 25. Should Sunrisers qualify for the knockouts, it remains to be seen if the current Tamil Nadu government makes an exception for those matches vis-Ã -vis the participation of Sri Lankan players. There is a possibility McCullum might miss the latter stages of the tournament, as New Zealand are scheduled to tour England then, with the first Test beginning on May 16. Match Schedule: Fri Apr 5 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 08:30 CST | 07:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Pune Warriors Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Sun Apr 7 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Tue Apr 9 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 06:30 EDT | 05:30 CDT | 03:30 PDT Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Fri Apr 12 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Sun Apr 14 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 06:30 EDT | 05:30 CDT | 03:30 PDT Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad Eden Gardens, Kolkata Wed Apr 17 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 06:30 EDT | 05:30 CDT | 03:30 PDT Pune Warriors v Sunrisers Hyderabad Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Fri Apr 19 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Thu Apr 25 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai Sat Apr 27 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 06:30 EDT | 05:30 CDT | 03:30 PDT Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Wed May 1 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 06:30 EDT | 05:30 CDT | 03:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Sat May 4 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Wed May 8 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Sat May 11 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Mon May 13 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Mumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderabad Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Fri May 17 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Sun May 19 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10:30 EDT | 09:30 CDT | 07:30 PDT Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad ICF Fans: maniac316 derkin :srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh::srh: Cricinfo Team Preview - A New Beginning
Detonator Posted April 5, 2013 Author Posted April 5, 2013 Is there are any other SH thread?? Can I delete this thread?
Executioner Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Steyn, sangakkara, dhawan, white is all they have got. I think they will play sammy
Detonator Posted April 5, 2013 Author Posted April 5, 2013 Saalaa' date=' copied my :pw: thread format[/quote'] That was an mixture of many match threads
Executioner Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 :congrats: marvelous batting peformance. Pappu, reddies, vihara, sangakkara, white.......superb batting lineup
maniac Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 Any Thread start-Voulenteers for Sunday's home game?
Zelig Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 Any Thread start-Voulenteers for Sunday's home game? :itsme: I don't support SH though :deal:
someone Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 They always had a good team. If anybody had watched their last season, they honestly deserved to win at least 6 more matches. They dominated several matches but lost at the last overs. They always had a good bowling attack + good batting attack. Arguably one of the best teams in the IPL. And this season they have replaced Dan Christan with Perera whom then offers better bowling and batting.
mr cricket Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 This team is lacking star players, other than Sanga and Steyn.
someone Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 This team is lacking star players' date=' other than Sanga and Steyn.[/quote'] Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Duminy are good international class players. And then players like Patel, Mishra, Perera, White can always chip in. Overall, they have a good team and provided they do not get as unlucky as last season, they are strong contenders for top 4 spot.
Vilander Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 this team along with pune are the dark horses of this ipl.. excited to see their bowling..
SLICKR392 Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 This team is lacking star players' date=' other than Sanga and Steyn.[/quote'] Dhawan, White, Duminy but not really effective.
PBN Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 congrats, excellent game....super over. good to see youngsters stepping up i.e Vihari :hatsoff:
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