After releasing their captain Kane Williamson as well as explosive batter Nicholas Pooran, Sunrisers Hyderabad went into the IPL 2023 mini auction with the biggest purse amount. Hyderabad held out their biggest bet on the 23-year-old English batter Harry Brook, who is yet to make his IPL debut. SRH acquired Brook for 13.25 crores INR. 

Sunrisers also acquired South African keeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen, Indian batter Mayank Agarwal, England bowler Adil Rashid and West Indian spinner Akeal Hosein to their side. Hyderabad also bidded heavily on uncapped Vivratn Sharma, buying him for 2.60 crores INR. 

Best Sunrisers Hyderabad playing XI for IPL 2023:

1. Mayank Agarwal (2,327 runs in 113 matches, 22.59 average & 134.27 strike rate, 100x1 & 50x12)
2. Abhishek Sharma (667 runs in 36 matches, 23.82 average & 135.29 strike rate, 50x2)
3. Rahul Tripathi (1,798 runs in 76 matches, 28.09 average & 140.79 strike rate, 50x10)
4. Harry Brook
5. Aiden Markram (527 runs at 134.09 with 3 half-centuries; 1 wicket in 20 matches)
6. Abdul Samad (226 runs at 142.13; 2 wickets in 25 matches)
7. Heinrich Klaasen (wk) (66 runs at 115.78 in 6 innings)
8. Washington Sundar (318 runs at 120.45; 33 wickets in 51 matches)
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (154 wickets in 146 matches)
10. Umran Malik (24 wickets in 17 matches)
11.  Marco Jansen (9 wickets in 10 matches)