IPL 2016 champions SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) stunned last IPL season by setting a powerful batting example, which they produced majorly in that entire tournament. They were very close to winning the IPL 2024 title but finished as the runners-up after suffering a thrashing IPL 2024 final defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders. 

SRH started the IPL 2025 mega auction with the purse remaining for INR 45 crore. Before the auction, SRH retained five capped players, which deducted INR 75 crore from the purse. 

In the mega auction, Indian cricketers Ishan Kishan and Mohammad Shami earned bids of INR 10 crore or over. Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Chahar, Jaydev Unadkat, etc are the other valuable buys for the IPL 2016 champions. While SRH secured three big foreign names in the retention, they majorly targeted on the Indian players in the mega auction. 

Pre Auction Retentions

(Capped)

Heinrich Klaasen (South African): INR 23 Crore

Pat Cummins (Australian): INR 18 Crore

Abhishek Sharma (Indian): INR 14 Crore

Travis Head (Australian): INR 14 Crore

Nitish Kumar Reddy (Indian): INR 6 Crore

(Uncapped)

None

Right-to-Match (RTM) card availability for the mega auction

1 uncapped player

Mega Auction Buys

Ishan Kishan (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 11.25 crore

Mohammed Shami (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 10 crore

Harshal Patel (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 8 crore

Rahul Chahar (Indian): Base price INR 1 crore – Bid won INR 3.20 crore 

Abhinav Manohar (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 3.20 crore

Adam Zampa (Australian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 2.40 crore

Simrajeet Singh (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 1.50 crore

Eshan Malinga (Sri Lankan): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 1.20 crore

Brydon Carse (English): Base price INR 1 crore – Bid won INR 1 crore

Jaydev Unadkat (Indian): Base price INR 1 crore – Bid won INR 1 crore

Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lankan): Base price INR 75 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh

Zeeshan Ansari (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 40 lakh

Aniket Verma (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Atharva Taide (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Sachin Baby (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Full Squad

Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby.

Best Playing XI

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Atharva Taide, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar