For IPL 2026, all the teams have to submit their retention lists by 15th November. The trade deals of top players like Sanju Samson and Ravindra Jadeja remain in the headlines. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have traded 2 international players in the form of Shardul Thakur and Sherfan Rutherford to LSG and Gujarat Titans respectively. Meanwhile, speculations about Mohammed Shami leaving SRH may have increased the problems for Kavya Maran as well. Let us know about those 3 players whom Sunrisers Hyderabad would not want to release even in their dreams.

1. Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma has been playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2019. His stormy batting had helped Sunrisers Hyderabad a lot in reaching the final in 2024. In the last two seasons, Abhishek has been the second highest run scorer for SRH. Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise has invested in Abhishek for 7 years, the fruits of which have been seen in the last 2 seasons. If there was any other team, let alone SRH, they would not want to release this star batsman.

2. Travis Head

Travis Head joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024. The opening pair of him and Abhishek Sharma have together scored 1864 runs in the last 2 years. The 2024 season did not go very well for Head, but in IPL 2024, he was the batsman who scored the most runs (567) for the SRH team. Head’s stormy style has proved effective in giving a good start to the Hyderabad team and his pairing with Abhishek has also made a huge contribution in changing the fortunes of the team.

3. Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins is the same player who has won 2 ICC trophies for Australia as captain. At the same time, his decisions on the field as a captain have proved to be unique and effective from time to time. Under his captaincy, SRH reached the final of the 2024 season. There is no doubt that Cummins is one of the best captains in the world at present. As a bowler, he has taken a total of 34 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last 2 seasons.

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IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma played a historic innings of 141 runs against Punjab Kings on Saturday. This is the biggest personal innings by the Indian batsman of IPL history. Chasing a target of 246 runs, Hyderabad won the match by 8 wickets. Abhishek Sharma received the Player of the Match award. He said that he is grateful that there are people like Yuvraj Singh and Suryakumar Yadav around him.

Abhishek Sharma said that the atmosphere of his team was simple even when the team’s batsmen were not doing well in the last few matches. He gave credit to the captain. He said that it was very bad to lose 4 matches in a row, but there was never talk about it in our team. Abhishek said, “If you have seen me very closely, I never play behind the wicket. But I wanted to invent some shots which was very easy on this wicket. It helped both of us.

Abhishek Sharma on the arrival of parents in the stadium

He said, “I was waiting for him. My whole team was waiting for my parents because they are lucky for SRH. We (Abhishek and Head) didn’t talk anything. It was a natural game for us. The partnership promoted me. This innings is very special, because I wanted to break the series of defeat. We did not lose four matches but we never talked about it in the team.”

Abhishek sharma said “I was sick for four days, I had a temperature but I feel very grateful to have people like yuvraj singh and suryakumar yadav around me Me trust they knew that i can do something like this “. pic.twitter.com/aqxtdn9ric

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Abhishek Sharma said in the press conference after the match, “I was ill for 4 days, I was feverish but I am very grateful that there were people like Yuvraj Singh and Suryakumar Yadav around me. They were constantly calling me because they knew that I could do something like this.”

Srh beat pbks: With Abhishek Sharma’s record century, Sunrisers Hyderabad made history by achieving the target of 246 runs by Punjab Kings in the 19th over. This is the second biggest successful run chase in IPL history. Abhishek played a brilliant innings of 141 runs in 55 balls. He shared a 171 -run partnership for the first wicket with Travis Head.

Chasing a huge target of 246 runs, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head made a quick start. Abhishek had completed his half -century in 19 balls, the head completed his half century in 32 balls. It was too late when Punjab Kings got the first wicket. Head was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal on the second ball of the 13th over. He scored 66 runs in 37 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 9 fours.

Abhishek Sharma’s historic innings

Abhishek Sharma’s bat did not stop even after the head was dismissed. He completed his century in 40 balls. Even after this, he kept raining on the Punjab Kings bowlers. He was dismissed in the 17th over when Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 222 runs, he reached the threshold of victory for the team. Abhishek scored 141 runs in 55 balls, in which he hit 10 sixes and 14 fours. This is Abhishek’s first century in IPL history.

Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2025: Last Thursday, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost by 5 wickets to Lucknow Super Giants. The SRH team has established such a status that the bowling line-up of the opposing teams will be trembling. But in front of LSG, the Hyderabad batsmen were seen struggling so that no player of the team could even put fifty. It is not wrong to say that the Lucknow team has exposed the SRH team. Actually, there are 3 such players of the Hyderabad team, due to which the entire team of SRH becomes a fleet.

These 3 players fail, so SRH’s entire team flop

In IPL 2024, it was also worth noting that whenever one of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head had a single flop, the whole team collapsed under pressure. Something similar happened in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Abhishek was dismissed for only 6 runs, while Ishaan Kishan became a victim of Golden Duck. Kishan, who played a century of 106 runs in the last match. The pressure on Travis Head also increased due to the early dismissal of these two batsmen.

When Abhishek and Kishan were out, Travis Head also appeared to make many mistakes under pressure. The result of this was that the head had many lives. He played an innings of 47 runs but LSG bowlers were constantly beating him with sharp balls. If you assess SRH’s performance in the match against Lucknow, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishaan Kishan fail, then the entire batting unit of Hyderabad collapses under pressure.

3 biggest score SRH names of IPL

The 3 biggest scores in IPL history are SRH’s names. On all three occasions, at least one of the top-3 batsmen of the team has played a big innings. For example, Ishaan Kishan scored 106 runs in the match against Rajasthan this year. At the same time, when SRH scored a historic score of 287 runs, Travis Head scored 102 runs.

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