In the players’ retention event, the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy winner Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Australian player David Warner and star Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar on January 4, 2018. Warner had led the Hyderabad-based franchise in winning the IPL title in 2016.
Meanwhile, the 11th edition of the cash-rich cricket league will start in two months and it seems the excitement for the tournament has already begun. Warner had recently shared a video of his daughter on Instagram in which she could be seen singing the anthem of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
“Ivy Mae already excited about the @sunrisershyd anthem. Nonstop wanting to play the song. Looking forward to another amazing season with the Orange Army,” Warner wrote in the post on Insta.
In the IPL mega players’ auction last week, SRH bought their opener Shikhar Dhawan by using Right To Match (RTM) option.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was also bought by the franchise for Rs 3-crore. The Hyderabad-based franchisee created a sensation on the internet by spending a whopping Rs 11-crore to buy Manish Pandey’s services, making him the second most expensive Indian after Jaydev Unadkat. Pandey played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the past few seasons.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad for IPL 2018: David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan Arman, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal.