IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad consider relocation from home city, blames ‘unprofessional’ attitude from HCA
GH News March 31, 2025 01:06 PM

New Delhi: The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) IPL franchise is considering relocating its 2025 matches from Hyderabads Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. This follows allegations of intimidation and demands for free tickets from Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) officials. SRHs general manager has formally communicated the franchises dissatisfaction with this behavior to the HCA treasurer.
All these unprofessional threats and actions by HCA especially by the HCA president make it evident that you dont want Sunrisers to play at your stadium. If that is the case please let me know in writing so that we can inform BCCI the Telangana govt and our management that you wish for us to move to another venue and we will move Srinath stated in the e-mail according to Times of India.
We have been working with HCA for the last 12 years. Only from last season have we been facing constant issues and harassment from HCA he added.
In the current IPL 2025 season Sunrisers Hyderabad have hosted two matches at their home ground in Hyderabad.
For several years HCA has been allocated 50 complimentary tickets (F12A box) as a part of the 3900 complimentary tickets. However this year you are claiming the capacity of the box to be only 30 and asking for an additional 20 complimentary tickets in a different box. When this was brought to our notice we informed you that we shall discuss and come to a mutually amicable solution he wrote in the mail.
Please note that we pay the appropriate rent for the stadium and during the tenure of the IPL the stadium is under our jurisdiction. But in the last game you locked the F3 box refusing to open it unless 20 extra free tickets were given to you. This unprofessional behaviour creates a hostile environment making cooperation increasingly difficult he added.
The email claimed this was a recurring incident.
Furthermore we must highlight that this is not the first instance of such intimidation threats and coercion from HCA to our staff in the last two years. The HCA president has previously issued many threats this year and it was brought to HCAs notice the mail states further.
Given the constant threats coercion and blackmailing by HCA we suggest that we go as per the signed agreement between us as per which we will allocate 10 per cent of complimentary tickets across each stand. In light of these developments we formally request a meeting with the apex council members at the earliest convenience to discuss and resolve this matter the mail added.