IPL Franchise Profile

Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH

2× Champions
Home Ground
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Stadium
Est.
2013
City
Hyderabad

Includes Deccan Chargers era (2008–2012)

Sunrisers Hyderabad win at much the same rate either way — 45.8% batting first, 46.9% chasing, across 285 decided IPL matches. Innings-by-innings win rates and target bands, season by season.

Defending Win%
45.8%
155 matches batting first
Chasing Win%
46.9%
130 matches chasing
Delta
-1.1%
Balanced

SRH's Chase vs Defend by Season

Identity Over Time

No Settled Split — Chasing Better in 10 of 19 Seasons

3+ matches per role per season

No fixed identity here: across 19 seasons, SRH's better record has sat with chasing ten times and defending seven, with two seasons split even. The gap was widest in 2015 — 66.7% (6 of 9) defending against 20.0% (1 of 5) chasing, 46.7 percentage points between them. SRH went 0 of 8 defending in 2008 — winless in that role for the season. In 2026, the split read 60.0% (6 of 10) batting first and 60.0% (3 of 5) chasing.

SRH's Win Rate by Scoring Range — Defending

Score Band Analysis

Furthest Above League Average While Defending — Below 160 (30.3%, 6.2% above average)

5+ matches per band

No defending range has brought SRH a higher win rate than a total of 200 or more — 22 of 27 matches (81.5%). Defending below 160 is where they sit furthest above the league average: 20 of 66 (30.3%), still short of a winning record but 6.2% ↑ above the 24.1% league average for this scoring range.