| 2018 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Tom Moody | ||
| Captain | Kane Williamson | ||
| Ground(s) | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (Capacity: 38,000)[1] | ||
| IPL | Runners-up | ||
| Most runs | Kane Williamson (735) | ||
| Most wickets | Rashid Khan (21) Siddarth Kaul (21) | ||
| Most catches | Shikhar Dhawan (12) | ||
| Most wicket-keeping dismissals | Wriddhiman Saha (6) | ||
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2018 Indian Premier League, making their sixth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by Kane Williamson and coached by Tom Moody with Simon Helmot as assistant coach, Muttiah Muralitharan as bowling coach and V. V. S. Laxman as mentor.
They began their season by winning their opening fixture on 9 April, and went on to become the first team to qualify for the play-offs on 10 May. They beat the Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier 2 to reach the Final where they lost to the Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets to finish the season as runners-up. Williamson won the Orange Cap for scoring 735 runs in the IPL season.[2]
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