- Shikhar Dhawan
The stylish left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan was made the captain of new franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013. Dhawan scored 215 runs from 10 matches in the 2014 edition, SRH management decided to give West Indies Darren Sammy the captaincy.
Darren Sammy led SRH to better performances. In the 2014 edition of IPL, SRH finished at 6th position with 6 wins and 8 losses from 14 matches. Under the captaincy of David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderabad won their first IPL title by beating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2016 edition.