The 2024 season was the 12th season for the Indian Premier League franchise . They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the last place in previous season's League stage. The Sunrisers drew an average home attendance of 37,396 in the 2024 edition.
Ahead of the 2024 season, Pat Cummins was appointed as the captain following a poor 2023 season led by Aiden Markram. After their abandoned match on 16 May 2024, Hyderabad qualified for the Playoffs. They finished the League stage at the 2nd place with 8 wins and 5 losses, garnering 17 points and seeding their place in the Qualifier 1.
After being defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Qualifier 1 played on 21 May at Ahmedabad, Hyderabad advanced to the Qualifier 2. After defeating Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 2 played on 24 May at Chennai, Hyderabad advanced to the 2024 final for the 3rd time. After being defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders in the final played on 26 May at Chennai, Hyderabad finished as the runners-up for the 2nd time after 2018.
Nitish Kumar Reddy was named as the "Emerging player of the season" and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize. Abhishek Sharma hit most sixes in the season (42) while Travis Head hit most fours in the season (64) and both were awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize and a trophy to each. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the "Team fairplay award" of ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize.
Squad
Source: ESPNcricinfo Players with international caps are listed in bold. denotes a player who was unavailable for rest of the season.
squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes Captain 30 Pat Cummins Right-handed Right arm fast 2024 Overseas Batters 16 Mayank Agarwal Right-handed Right-arm off break 2023 52 Rahul Tripathi Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 62 Travis Head Left-handed Right-arm off break 2024 Overseas 94 Aiden Markram Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 Overseas 1 Abdul Samad Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 63 Anmolpreet Singh Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2023 Wicket-keepers 45 Heinrich Klaasen Right-handed Right-arm off spin 2023 Overseas Upendra Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off spin 2023 All-rounders 7 Sanvir Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium 2023 47 Shahbaz Ahmed Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2024 Traded 6 Glenn Phillips Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 Overseas 49 Wanindu Hasaranga Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2023 Overseas; Withdrawn 5 Washington Sundar Left-handed Right-arm off break 2022 70 Marco Jansen Right-handed Left-arm fast 2022 Overseas 4 Abhishek Sharma Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 8 Nitish Kumar Reddy Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023 Pace bowlers 15 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2014 Vice-captain 44 T. Natarajan Left-handed Left arm medium-fast 2018 91 Jaydev Unadkat Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2024 24 Umran Malik Right-handed Right arm fast 2021 83 Fazalhaq Farooqi Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2022 Overseas 23 Akash Singh Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2024 Spin bowlers 3 Mayank Markande Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2023 Jhathavedh Subramanyan Right-handed Right arm leg spin 2023 55 Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Right-handed Right arm leg spin 2024 Overseas; Replacement
Administration and support staff PositionNameCEO Kavya MaranTeam manager Vijay KumarHead coach Daniel VettoriBatting coach Hemang BadaniBowling coach Muttiah MuralitharanFielding coach Ryan Cook
Sponsors Kit manufacturer: Wrogn Main shirt sponsor: Dream 11 Back shirt sponsor: BKT Chest branding: Kent RO
League stage
Points table
League progression
Fixtures and results
Playoffs
Bracket
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
Most runs RunsPlayer/567 Travis Head1510240.50191.551/46432484 Abhishek Sharma1675*32.26204.210/33642479 Heinrich Klaasen1580*39.91171.070/41938303 Nitish Kumar Reddy1176*33.66142.920/21521220 Aiden Markram115024.44124.290/1184
Most wickets Player19 T Natarajan1451.24654/1924.479.0516.211018 Pat Cummins1661.05663/4331.449.2720.330011 Bhuvneshwar Kumar1657.05333/4148.459.3531.09008 Mayank Markande722.02592/2632.3711.7716.5000 Jaydev Unadkat1131.13193/3039.8710.2323.3700
Notes
References
External links
on IPLT20 Website Nitish Kumar Reddy