The Sunrisers started their campaign against Chennai Super Kings on April 11, 2015, at Chennai on a losing note and failed to qualify for Play-Offs finishing 6th at the end of the tournament. David Warner won the Orange Cap by scoring 562 runs in this IPL.[4]
ACA-VDCA Stadium which is located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh is selected as the Secondary Home Ground for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. It has a seating capacity of 38,000. Sunrisers Hyderabad played their first 3 home games at this ground.[6]
The players auction for the 2015 Indian Premier League held on 16 February 2015. All eight franchises had participated in the auction. SRH has retained 13 players and released 11 players from the previous season. As a result of this retention the team had an auction purse of Rs 208.5 million.[10] Added 10 players to the team.[11] Later, there has been a replacement in the team with Bipul Sharma filling in for Laxmi Ratan Shukla.[12]
Ahead of the 2015 season, the IPL saw increase in its brand value by 9% to US$3.54 billion while the Sunrisers' brand value was increased by 40% to US$35 million, according to American Appraisal.[20]