Sunrisers Hyderabad, the winner of IPL 2016 title, on Thursday (November 15) announced the list of players they have retained and released ahead of the 12th season of the tournamen✤t.
Beleaguered Australian vice-captain David Warner is part of the 17 players retained by the franchise, while SRH has released nine players including the trade-off🍸 of Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils.
Indian wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha is one of biggest names released by the franchise. The SRH think-tank has also decided to let🔴 go of few top overseas players in Alex Hales, Carlos Brathwaite, and Chris ✤Jordan.
The retention list of SRH includes the likes of Warner (who was absent in the last IPL edition after the ball-tampering act), Kane Williamson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and ෴Manish Pandey. With Warner returning, it is expected that he will take over the captaincy duties from Williamson.
Sunrisers Hyderabad squad:
Retained: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanඣlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan
Released: Sachin Baby, Taꦰnmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan, Shikhar Dhawan (traded to Delhi Daredevils for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nad🍌eem)
