kane williamson was the captain of sunrisers hyderabad 2018.
kane williamson was the captain of sunrisers hyderabad 2018.
who is the captain of sunrisers hyderabad 2018?
kane williamson
on 6 february 2015, sunrisers hyderabad of the ipl signed williamson for us$96,500. he played for sunrisers hyderabad in the 2016 season where they won the title. for the 2017 indian premier league he was retained by the side. in the 2018 ipl auction, he was retained by the sunrisers hyderabad for us$460,500. on 29 march 2018, he was announced captain of sunrisers hyderabad replacing david warner. under williamson's captaincy sunrisers hyderabad finished runners-up after chennai super kings defeated them in the final by 8 wickets, he also won the orange cap for scoring the most runs (735) in the 2018 ipl season. he was named in the ipl xi of the tournament by cricbuzz.
kane williamson
the sunrisers hyderabad started their campaign at home on a winning note defeating the pune warriors by 22 runs in a low-scoring match. amit mishra was adjudged man of the match for his contribution of 3/19 in four overs. the sunrisers also won their second match at home, another low-scoring thriller, against the royal challengers bangalore in the super over by five runs after both teams tied on total-score of 130 in 20 overs. hanuma vihari was awarded man of the match for his unbeaten match winning knock of 44 in 46 balls. the sunrisers suffered their first defeat against the same opponent in a high-scoring away match when they faced each other two days later. cameron white scored the first half-century for the sunrisers to help the team post a challenging total of 161 in 20 overs but royal challengers' captain, virat kohli's unbeaten knock of 93 in 47 balls completed the chase for the royal challengers. later, the sunrisers won their first away match against the delhi daredevils by three wickets with mishra contributing again in the sunrisers' win with 1/15 in four overs and an unbeaten 16 off 14 balls. the sunrisers lost to the kolkata knight riders in an away tie by 48 runs where gautam gambhir's side outscoring the sunrisers with skipper himself winning man of the match for his knock of 53 in 45 balls. the sunrisers successfully defended their low-total of 119 against the warriors in an away tie with mishra winning his third man of the award for his all-round performance of scoring 30 runs and taking 4/19 in four overs. he also created a record of being the first player to take hat-trick for the sunrisers and also the first player to take three hat-tricks in the indian premier league. this win also helped the sunrisers achieve their first double this season by winning their both encounters against the warriors. the sunrisers extended their winning streak in home games to three with another win against the kings xi punjab. vihari helped the sunrisers chase the total of 124 in just 18.5 overs with five wickets to spare for which he was awarded the man of the match. the sunrisers lost their next match to the chennai super kings by five wickets as the match-winning knock of an unbeaten 67 off 37 balls by their captain ms dhoni won him the man of the match award.
sunrisers hyderabad in 2013