Sunrisers Hyderabad came into the auction with Rs 10.75 Crore in their kitty but walked out of the hall with some brilliant buys. They made three purchases but they grabbed the all-rounders who can give them a better finish. After last year’s conundrums regarding the finishing SRH were looking for some players who can strengthen their middle order.
Jagadeesha Suchith for Rs 30 Lakh was their first buy this afternoon. The Karnataka lad, 27, is a left-arm orthodox bowler. Suchith has played 15 IPL games previously. In 15 games he has scored 54 runs and taken 12 wickets.
SRH scouted for a hard-hitter who can pile up some quick runs. They bought ace cricketer Kedar Jadhav who has potentially racked up some quick runs in his previous matches. They got Jadhav under their umbrella for Rs 2 Crore. Afghanistan player Mujeeb Ur Rahman went to the Orange Army for Rs 1.5 Crore.
The full squad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jagadeesha Suchith.
Their retention list: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Released: Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Billy Stanlake, Prithviraj Yarra
Today’s addition: Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith
