Indian Premier League's (IPL) Hyderabad team will be called Sun Risers from next season, it was announced on Tuesday. Sun TV Network, which bought the Hyderabad franchisee recently, have chosen this new name for their team from IPL 6.
In October, Sun TV bought the team for a five-year deal which will be priced at a total of Rs 425.2 crores. In 2008, Deccan Chargers was bought for a price of US $107 million (about Rs 428 crores for 10 years).
Sunrisers Hyderabad is a cricket franchise based in the city of Hyderabad that plays in the Indian Premier League.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will replace Deccan Chargers from IPL 2013 onwards.
Former Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach, Tom Moody, will coach the new-look Hyderabad franchise in IPL 2013. Former India captain, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, has been appointed as the team’s mentor, while Indian batting legend, VVS Laxman, is their mentor-ambassador.
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Owner: Sun TV Network
Captain: Kumar Sangakkara
Coach: Tom Moody
Mentor: Kris Srikkanth
Mentor-Ambassador: VVS Laxman
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium
Current Team Players for IPL 2013:
Total no of Players 24
No of Indian Players 16
No of Overseas Players 8
1. Akshath Reddy
2. Amit Mishra
3. Anand Rajan
4. Ankit Sharma
5. Ashish Reddy
6. Biplab Samantray
7. Cameron White
8. Chris Lynn
9. Thisara Perera
10. Dale Steyn
11. Darren Sammy
12. Dwaraka Ravi Teja
13. Hanuma Vihari
14. Ishant Sharma
15. Veer Pratap Singh
16. Karan Sharma
17. Kumar Sangakkara
18. Nathan McCullum
19. Parthiv Patel (wk)
20. Quinton de Kock
21. Sachin Rana
22. Shikhar Dhawan
23. Sudeep Tyagi
24. Thalaivan Sargunam
Maxiumum overseas players: 11
Maximum squad size: 33
