IPL 2026 : Top 4 Players Who Might be Released by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) witnessed a rollercoaster of highs and lows in the IPL 2025 season and finished sixth in the league stage with 6 wins, 7 losses, and 1 no-result from 14 matches. Despite spending a whopping INR 44.80 crore at the TATA IPL 2025 mega-auction held in Jeddah in November 2024 in order to retain and acquire a few of the most prominent names in the league, including Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami, Rahul Chahar and many others, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) shockingly ended up losing the chance to lift the prestigious IPL 2025 trophy.

In this article we will take a look at the top four players who might be released by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 edition.

IPL 2026 : Top 4 Players Who Might be Released by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

• Abhinav Manohar

The thirty-year-old Indian professional cricketer, Abhinav Manohar, who made his Twenty20 debut on 16 November 2021, for Karnataka in the preliminary quarter-finals of the 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, is at the first spot in our list of the top four players who might not be a part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) squad in the IPL 2026 edition.

Abhinav Manohar was acquired by the SRH franchise for a staggering auction price of INR 3.2 crore. Although fans anticipated Manohar to be one of the most reliable finishers for the SRH squad, he ended up disappointing the management and fans after amassing a mere total of 61 runs in the seven matches that he played throughout the tournament, putting him at a risk of being released by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 season.

• Jaydev Undakat

At the second spot in our list of the top four players who might be released by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 edition, we have another Indian professional cricketer, Jaydev Undakat, who has also played for the Indian national team and for Saurashtra and Sussex in domestic cricket. The SRH franchise acquired the annihilating bowler Jaydev Undakat for a whopping INR 1 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 edition.

Despite his stature of being the most sold player in the history of the Indian Premier League, Jaydev Undakat failed to deliver a standout performance for the SRH franchise and managed to pick only eleven wickets for the squad, while he was expected to deliver a much more lethal and annihilating bowling spell.

• Wiaan Mulder

Next, at the third spot in our list of the top four players who might not be a part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) squad in the IPL 2026 edition, we have the 27-year-old South African first-class cricketer, Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder popularly referred to as “Wiaan Mulder”. The SRH franchise ended up spending a whopping INR 7 lakhs in order to acquire Wiaan Mulder at the TATA IPL 2025 mega auction held in Jeddah in November 2024.

Throughout the IPL 2925 season, Wiaan Mulder featured in only a single match and ended up scoring a humiliating total of just nine runs, majorly turning down the expectations of the management and the massive fan base of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise, which could be a major reason for his dismissal from the team ahead of the IPL 2026 edition.

• Rahul Chahar

The 25-year-old spearhead bowler, Rahul Chahar, who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, is finally at the fourth spot in our list of the top four players who might be released by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 edition.

The Indian bowler, Rahul Chahar, prominently known for his dominant bowling exploits, was signed by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise for a staggering INR 3.2 crore and was anticipated to lead the squad’s bowling unit from the front. However, Chahar’s underwhelming performance throughout the IPL 2025 season left the fans entirely shocked. Owing to his lacklustre performance in the 18th edition of the IPL, Rahul Chahar might not be given a chance to play for the SRH franchise in the IPL 2026 season.