- Hyderabad Heroes
Infobox cricket team
county = Hyderabad Heroes
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owner =Manchu Vishnuvardhan Babu
coach = flagicon|AustraliaSteve Rixon
captain = flagicon|New ZealandChris Harris
overseas5 =Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan),Abdul Razzak (Pakistan),Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan),Chris Harris (New Zealand)Nicky Boje (South Africa)
founded =2007
ground =L.B Stadium
capacity = 30,000
2007 season = 5th place
2008 season = Winners
website = [http://www.indiancricketleague.in/teams/teams-profile/hyderabad-teams.html HyderabadHeroes]Hyderabad Heroes is one of the eight teams competing in the
Indian Cricket League (ICL). The team is based in Hyderabad and its captain is Chris Harris, the former Kiwi International. [cite news |author = Rediff staff|url = http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/nov/14icl.htm|title = ICL announces team lists|publisher =Rediff|date =November 14 2007 |accessdate = 2007-11-14|] [cite news |author = Cricinfo staff|url = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/320289.html|title = IPlayer roster for six teams finalised|publisher = Cricinfo |date =November 14 2007 |accessdate = 2007-11-14|]Players
The squad announced for the inaugural tournament is comprised of five international cricketers. The rest of team also includes star domestic cricketers
Ambati Rayudu &Stuart Binny . Rayudu and six others from the HyderabadRanji Trophy team have joined the ICL. [cite news |author = Sandeep Dwivedi|url = http://www.indianexpress.com/story/210776.html|title = IRayudu, six others join ICL|publisher = indianexpress|date =august 17 2007 |accessdate = 2007-08-17|]Team
* Anirudh Singh (Hyderabad)
*Ambati Rayudu (Hyderabad)
*Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)
* Syed Shahubuddin (Hyderabad)
*Chris Harris (New Zealand)
*Nicky Boje (South Africa)
* Stuart Binny (Karnataka)
*Jimmy Maher (Australia)
*Justin Kemp (South Africa)
* Inder Shekhar Reddy (Hyderabad)
* Vinay Kumar (Hyderabad)
* Ibrahim Khaleel (Hyderabad)
* Kaushik Reddy (Hyderabad)
* Bheema Rao
* Alfred Absolom (Hyderabad)
* Shashank Nag (Hyderabad)
* P.S. Niranjan (Hyderabad)
* Baburao Yadav
* Zakaria Zuffri (Assam/Railways)Coach
The inaugural coach for the Hyderabad Heroes was the former Pakistani wicketkeeper
Moin Khan .Steve Rixon is the present coach of the team.Previous performance
2008 Edelweiss 20's Challenge
The Hyderabad Heros won the tournament defeating the Lahore Badshahs 2-0 in the best of 3 finals. In the first final they beat the Badshahs by 6 runs. In the second final the Heros beat the Badshahs 3-0 in a bowl-out after the scores were tied. Even in the league stage the Heros lost only 2 matches. One to Lahore Badshahs by 9 wickets and the other to Delhi Giants by 7 runs.
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