Sunrisers Hyderabad: 9 captains changed in 10 years, who won the most matches
Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH New Captain Pat Cummins : IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad is once again in the news. Once again the team has changed its captain. After removing Aidan Markram, who commanded the team for one year, the team has now appointed Pat Cummins as its captain. Pat Cummins recently won the ODI World Cup played in India. After this, when Cummins was bought by SRH for Rs 20.5 crore, there was a possibility that Pat Cummins could be the new captain of the team. Its official announcement was made on Monday. The special thing about the team is that in the last 10 years the team has changed its captain for the tenth time.
SRH team is playing IPL since 2013
Sunrisers Hyderabad team played IPL for the first time in the year 2013. The team had two captains that year. Kumar Sangakkara and Cameron White. Sangakkara captained in 9 matches, out of which he was able to win only four and lost four matches. One match ended in a tie. If we talk about Cameron White, under his captaincy the team played 8 matches and won five and lost three. Meanwhile, from 2013 to 2014, the command of the team was also in the hands of Shikhar Dhawan. The team played 16 matches under his captaincy. Out of these, they won in 7 and had to face defeat in 9.
The team played many matches under the captaincy of David Warner.
In the year 2014 itself, Darren Sammy also took command of the team in some matches. Out of the four matches played under his captaincy, he won two and lost two. David Warner captained the team for the longest time. He was the captain of the team from 2015 to 2021. During this period, 67 matches were played, out of which 35 were won and 30 were lost. Two matches ended in a tie. Sunrisers Hyderabad has won the IPL title only once, that too in the year 2016, the first trophy came under the captaincy of David Warner.
Kane Williamson could not win the team title
Kane Williamson was also the captain of the team intermittently from 2018 to 2022. During this period the team played 46 matches under his captaincy. Of these, 22 were won and 23 were lost. One match ended in a tie. Bhuvneshwar Kumar kept commanding the team intermittently from 2019 to 2023. Out of the 8 games played under his captaincy, he was able to win only two and the team had to face defeat in the remaining 6. Manish Pandey also captained the team in a match, which it faced defeat. Now let us talk about Adam Markram. Under his captaincy the team played 13 matches in the year 2023. Out of these, only four were won and 9 were lost.
Who is the most successful captain of SRH?
Even if the captains of the team are counted, they are very few. But in between also many players remained captain for some matches. If we look at it accordingly, till now 9 players have commanded the team, now Pat Cummins will be the tenth captain. But if we look at the winning percentage, Cameron White is the captain who can be called the most successful captain. Under his captaincy the team won 62.50 matches. After this comes David Warner, who managed to make his team win 53.73 percent of the matches. Now it will be interesting to see how far Pat Cummins, who is captaining the IPL for the first time, is able to take the team.
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