SRH IPL Captain – IPL 2023: After a long wait, Sunrisers Hyderabad have finally unveiled their new captain. As reported by InsideSport earlier, Aiden Markram has been chosen as SRH skipper. SA player pimped a challenge from Mayank Agarwal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for this honour. Considering Markram recently led Sunrisers Eastern Cape to the inaugural SA20 title, he is the right choice to be named the new captain. The South African was also the player of the tournament. Follow Indian Premier League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
THE. WAIT. IS. OVER. ⏳#OrangeArmy, say hello to our new captain Aiden Markram 🧡#AidenMarkram #SRHCaptain #IPL2023 | @AidzMarkram pic.twitter.com/3kQelkd8CP
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 23, 2023
SRH IPL Captain: Sunrisers Hyderabad announce new SKIPPER, Aiden Markram to lead Men in Orange, SA cricketer pimps Mayank & Bhuvneshwar in captaincy race, Follow IPL 2023 LIVE
With three different captains in the last two seasons, SRH are in a mess they need to get out of. Both their former captains are out of the team and SRH need to rebuild. In Aiden Markram SRH now has a great leading man. While Mayank is a sure-shot starter, Aiden Markram is the team’s backbone in batting.
In Bhuvneshwar Kumar, SRH have an experienced campaigner and the backbone in bowling. However, he has been injury prone and could be a difficult choice to make. He has led SRH in David Warner’s absence. Furthermore, Bhuvneshwar has fallen out of favour in national team and SRH would aim to avoid another costly mistake.
SRH Captaincy Candidates:
- Aiden Markram
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Mayank Agarwal
Aiden Markram has already publicly expressed his interest and the SRH management has been in talks with him over the role.
“What’s going to happen, to be honest… either way we back the management’s decision about who they want to be in charge. Becoming the captain is not the be all and end all. You can be in some form of leadership role too. But I am okay with captaincy, it’s something that I enjoy doing,” Markram said before SA20 final.
SRH Full Squad – Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, and Umran Malik
Auction Buys: Harry Brook (13.25 crore), Mayank Agarwal (8.25 crore), Heinrich Klassen (5.25), Adil Rashid (2 crore), Mayank Markande (50 lakh), Vivrant Sharma (2.6 crore), Samarth Vyas (20 lakh), Sanvir Singh (20 lakh), Upendra Singh Yadav (25 lakh), Mayank Dagar (1.8 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (20 lakh), Akeal Hosein (1 crore), Anmolpreet Singh (50 lakh)
SRH Full Schedule:
| Match No. | Match Day | Date | Day | Time | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue |
| 4 | 3 | 02-Apr-23 | Sun | 15:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad |
| 10 | 8 | 07-Apr-23 | Fri | 19:30 | Lucknow Super Giants | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Lucknow |
| 14 | 10 | 09-Apr-23 | Sun | 19:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Punjab Kings | Hyderabad |
| 19 | 15 | 14-Apr-23 | Fri | 19:30 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata |
| 25 | 19 | 18-Apr-23 | Tue | 19:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad |
| 29 | 22 | 21-Apr-23 | Fri | 19:30 | Chennai Super Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Chennai |
| 34 | 25 | 24-Apr-23 | Mon | 19:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi Capitals | Hyderabad |
| 40 | 30 | 29-Apr-23 | Sat | 19:30 | Delhi Capitals | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi |
| 47 | 35 | 04-May-23 | Thu | 19:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad |
| 52 | 38 | 07-May-23 | Sun | 19:30 | Rajasthan Royals | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Jaipur |
| 58 | 44 | 13-May-23 | Sat | 15:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Lucknow Super Giants | Hyderabad |
| 62 | 46 | 15-May-23 | Mon | 19:30 | Gujarat Titans | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Ahmedabad |
| 65 | 49 | 18-May-23 | Thu | 19:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad |
| 69 | 52 | 21-May-23 | Sun | 15:30 | Mumbai Indians | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai |
