The former Australia allrounder and Sri Lankan coach, Tom Moody has been appointed as a coach of the Hyderabad IPL franchise Sunrisers.
Moody said, “This is a proud moment for us as we unveil our new name and logo and we are sure that the team will be successful in the forthcoming season of IPL 2013, We are keenly looking forward to it and our game will stand testimony to the competition we will give to other teams.”
List of 20 players retained by Sunrisers: Indian: Abhishek Jhunjunwala, Akash Bhandari, Ankit Sharma, Bharat Chipli, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Veer Pratap Singh, Parthiv Patel, Akshath Reddy, Biplab Samantray, DB Ravi Teja, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Reddy.
Foreign players: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Jean-Paul Duminy, Juan Theron, Cameron White, Dale Steyn, Chris Lynn.