Sꦫunrisers 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 tournament.
Beleaguered A😼ustralian 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 Hale𒆙s, Carlos Brathwaite🌜, and Chris Jordan.
The retention list of SRH includes the likes of Warner (who was absent in the last IPL eℱdition 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 Stanlake,💞 David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan
Released: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan, Shikhar Dhawan (traded to Delhi Daredevils for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Sh🌟ahbaz Nadeem)