SRH Squad 2027, Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Player List and Prices

The SRH squad 2027 has 25 players, seven of them from overseas, and it has one of the most changed bowling groups in the league before retention day. Sunrisers Hyderabad finished third in 2026, lost the Eliminator to Rajasthan by 47 runs, and then spent October and November swapping out three players for three bowlers.

T Natarajan came back from Delhi, and Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis arrived from Chennai. Liam Livingstone, Jack Edwards and Zeeshan Ansari went the other way. The batting that made Hyderabad the most feared top order in the IPL is untouched. This page has every player with his fee, the purse effect of those trades worked out line by line, the likely XI, the spin problem nobody is talking about, and what to expect on 17 November.

For every other IPL 2027 story, from the trade window to the Goa auction, go to our IPL 2027 hub.

• Full squad and prices
• Trade ledger
• Likely XI
• The spin gap
• Retention outlook
• 2026 season
• Captaincy
• History
• Our take
• FAQ

SRH squad 2027, full player list with prices

This is every player under contract with Hyderabad on 6 November 2026, after the three completed trades. Overseas players are marked (OS). Fees are the amounts each player costs the franchise, which for traded players is the fee agreed in the trade, not what they were first bought for.

Add those fees up and you get about Rs 115.25 crore. Treat that as a close estimate rather than an official number, because the published fee lists for SRH differ from the reported purse by around Rs 30 lakh. Either way, Hyderabad would have roughly Rs 10 crore of room before letting anybody go if the 2027 purse stays at Rs 125 crore. The BCCI has not announced the 2027 purse yet.

The injury replacements from 2026

Hyderabad used three replacement signings last season. Dilshan Madushanka came in for Brydon Carse, who hurt his hand in the nets before the opening game and never played. Gerald Coetzee replaced David Payne, who had himself replaced the injured Jack Edwards. RS Ambrish, an India under 19 all rounder, joined for Rs 30 lakh when Shivam Mavi was ruled out with a groin injury. Whether any of them stay is part of the retention decision. Hyderabad have only one free overseas slot, so at most one of Madushanka and Coetzee could be kept without releasing someone else.

The SRH trade ledger, worked out

Most coverage lists the three trades separately. Put them in one table and the logic becomes obvious. Hyderabad gave up one expensive overseas batter and two other players, and took back three bowlers for less money.

So Hyderabad saved about Rs 4.60 crore, freed one overseas slot, and turned a batting heavy squad into one with five frontline Indian seamers. Natarajan was one of the best death bowlers in the league in his first spell at Hyderabad, from 2018 to 2024. Khaleel brings left arm swing with the new ball. Ellis is a proven death bowler with good slower balls. That answers the point Ambati Rayudu made on ESPNcricinfo after the Eliminator, that Hyderabad had to spend on bowling.

SRH likely playing XI for 2027

Here is the side we expect with Cummins fit and the Impact Player rule still in place. Seven overseas players are on the list, so Hyderabad can pick four without any juggling.

Early in 2026 Kishan explained why he had stepped away from keeping wicket while he was captain. With Cummins back in charge, Hyderabad can choose between Kishan and Klaasen behind the stumps, and Salil Arora is there as cover.

Ellis is the obvious alternative to Malinga as the fourth overseas player. Malinga was Hyderabad’s leading wicket taker last season with 20, so he has earned the first chance.

The spin gap in the SRH squad

Here is the part most squad pages miss. Count the specialist spinners on Hyderabad’s list and you get one, Amit Kumar, who was bought for Rs 30 lakh. Everything else is part time or all rounder spin.

Zeeshan Ansari, the leg spinner, went to Delhi as part of the Natarajan trade. That leaves Abhishek, who is an opening batter first, and Harsh Dubey, a left arm spinner who is still learning at this level. Hyderabad have tried to win games with pace and big totals for three seasons, and on most pitches it works. On a slow surface in May, it is a real problem.

SRH retention outlook for 17 November

Hyderabad have no free squad slots and one free overseas slot. To buy anyone in Goa they have to let someone go first.

Certain to stay

Klaasen, Cummins, Head, Abhishek, Kishan and Nitish Kumar Reddy are the core, and the three new bowlers have only just arrived. Malinga, Sakib Hussain and Praful Hinge were three of the five leading wicket takers in 2026 and are all cheap.

Under review

Brydon Carse has now missed two IPL seasons in a row through injury. He was ruled out with a toe injury in 2025 and a hand injury in 2026, so he has cost Hyderabad an overseas slot without playing a game. Releasing him is the cleanest way to open a second overseas slot. Expected

Harshal Patel at Rs 8 crore is the bigger call. He is the most expensive Indian bowler in the squad, and with Natarajan and Khaleel arriving, Hyderabad may decide they can do without him and use the money for a spinner. Jaydev Unadkat, who turned 35 in October, could also make room. Reported prediction

For every team’s likely releases, see our IPL 2027 retained and released players list.

How SRH’s 2026 season went

For a team that started without its captain, it went well. Cummins had a lumbar stress injury and missed the first seven games, so Ishan Kishan led the side with Abhishek as his deputy. Hyderabad won four of those seven and were third in the table by late April. Cummins returned in late April and Hyderabad finished the league stage third with nine wins, five losses and 18 points, the second team to qualify for the playoffs.

Then came Mullanpur. In the Eliminator on 27 May, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 97 off 29 balls and Rajasthan made 243 for 8, their highest total in the IPL. Jofra Archer took out Abhishek, Kishan and Head early in the reply, and Hyderabad were bowled out for 196 in 19.2 overs.

The bowling list tells the story of the season. Three of the five leading wicket takers were bought for Rs 30 lakh each at the 2026 auction, and Hinge took three wickets in his first IPL over. The scouting worked. The problem was that the expensive bowling was missing, with Cummins out for half the season and Carse not at all, and that is exactly what the trades were made to fix.

There were records too. Abhishek became only the second Hyderabad player after David Warner to hit 100 sixes for the franchise, and Klaasen and Nitish put on 116 for the fifth wicket, the best fifth wicket stand in SRH history.

Who will captain SRH in 2027

Pat Cummins is still the captain, and Hyderabad have not said otherwise. He led them to the 2024 final in his first season and took back the job when he returned last April.

There is a real debate though. Kishan did well as stand in captain, and former India batter Sanjay Bangar said publicly during the season that Kishan should keep the job even after Cummins came back, arguing that an Indian captain brings more consistency. Cummins has had back trouble for more than a year, so his workload will be watched closely by Australia as well as by Hyderabad. Our view is that Cummins starts the season as captain with Kishan as a ready made replacement. Expected

Coaching staff

Daniel Vettori has been head coach since the 2024 season. The former New Zealand captain replaced Brian Lara in August 2023, and before that he coached Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2014 to 2018, losing the 2016 final to Hyderabad. Under him Hyderabad have reached a final, missed the playoffs once and finished third. He also coaches Sunrisers Leeds in The Hundred, which the Sun Group now owns.

SRH through the years

Sunrisers Hyderabad replaced Deccan Chargers, whose franchise was terminated in 2012, and played their first season in 2013. They have one title and two other finals.

How the squad has changed since our last update

When we last built this page in 2023, Aiden Markram was captain, Bhuvneshwar Kumar led the attack, and Harry Brook had just been bought for Rs 13.25 crore. Hyderabad finished last that year. Only a handful of that squad is still here, Abhishek and Klaasen among them, and Natarajan has now come back after two seasons in Delhi. The attacking style that made SRH famous in 2024 grew out of that rebuild.

Who owns SRH

Sunrisers Hyderabad belong to Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group, the media company behind Sun TV. His daughter Kavya Maran runs the cricket side and is the face of the franchise at auctions. The group also owns Sunrisers Eastern Cape in South Africa’s SA20 and, from 2026, Sunrisers Leeds in The Hundred. For every IPL owner and coach, see our IPL 2027 captains, owners and coaches list.

SRH 2027 schedule and tickets

The IPL 2027 schedule has not been released and the BCCI has not confirmed a start date. Hyderabad’s home games will be at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal. We will add every fixture here and on the SRH tickets and booking guide as soon as the schedule is out. All ten squads are on our IPL 2027 squads page.

SRH squad 2027 FAQ

Last updated 6 November 2026