[9] The newly formed local franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad, which replaced the previous franchise, Deccan Chargers, retained 20 of its players including the Hyderabad's Bhandari, Akshath, Ravi Teja and Ashish and later signed Vihari in the player's draft while Ojha got retained by the Mumbai Indians and Suman got signed by the Pune Warriors for the 2013 Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India.
[15][16] The Hyderabad team, led by Pragyan Ojha, began their campaign in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List-A cricket tournament in India, with a loss against the Kerala at Vasco da Gama on 14 February 2013.
[18] In the second match, Ojha and Ashish Reddy restricted the Andhra to 202 but the Hyderabad top-order stumbled to Syed Shahabuddin before Hanuma Vihari and Habeeb Ahmed tried to recover the innings.
[22][23] The Hyderabad team, led by Akshath Reddy, began their campaign in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 tournament in India, with a loss against the Kerala at Shimoga on 17 March 2013.
[27] Mayank Agarwal's maiden ton and four-wicket hauls from Krishnappa Gowtham and Manish Pandey set up the Karnataka's 12-run win and hand over the fourth loss for the Hyderabad in as many matches.