Cricket News Desk. Sunrisers Hyderabad made a major change during IPL 2025. Sunrisers have replaced a new player in the team after Adam Jampa's injury. Karnataka's young batsman Smirn Ravichandran will now play for Sunrisers. Ravichandran Smaran faced neglect several times during his cricket career, but eventually his hard work paid off.
Jumpa out due to injury
Jampa has been ruled out of IPL 2025 due to injury. This information was given in the BCCI media advisory. Remember Ravichandran is a 21 -year -old left -handed batsman. He is from Karnataka. Sunrisers bought him at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. Smirn has played seven first class matches. He has scored more than 500 runs at an average of 64.50. It also includes a double century against Punjab. He made his debut in 2024. Since then, he has also played 10 List A Match. In this, he has scored 433 runs at an average of 72.16. He has also scored two centuries. Smirn has scored 170 runs in 6 T20 matches at a strike rate of 170.
This was a career
Smirn Ravichandran was successful in the CK Naidu Trophy, where he impressed everyone by scoring 829 runs. This cricketer has also proved his best performance in the Maharaja T20 tournament. Playing for Gulbarga Mistics during the 2024 season last year, Smrit Ravichandran scored 302 runs in just 9 innings at an average of 43.14 and a great strike rate of 145.19, recorded a century and two half -centuries during his campaign. He has earlier played for Shivamoga strikers in domestic T20 cricket.
The 21 -year -old has scored an average of 72.16 in 10 List A Games for Karnataka and 34 in six T20I. In April 2025, Smriti received its first IPL contract as part of Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise. Australian international and star spinner Adam Zampa was replaced for the IPL 2025 season.
Ravichandran was not sold in the IPL 2025 mega auction. But his performance would immediately regret his decision. According to reports, he was part of the Pre-Season team of Royal Challengers Bangalore. He also impressed the coach a lot.