The South Indian based Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers, owned by Kalanidhi Maran, Sun Group; and operated from Hyderabad and Chennai, has retained the following players of former IPL franchise Decan chargers. They are Kumar Sangakkara, Cameron White, Dale Steyn, J P Duminy, Juan Theron, Chris Lynn, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Akash Bhandari, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Bharat Chipli, Shikhar Dhawan, D B Ravi Teja, Parthiv Patel, Veer Pratap Singh, Biplab Samantray, Akshath Reddy and Ashish Reddy.