IPL: “The cameraman manages to find me”, Kavya Maran explains why she became queen of internet memes | Cricket news
Kavya Maran, CEO and co -owner of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), addressed his viral reactions during the IPL matches which frequently become internet memes. In a recent interview with Fortune India, she explained that her emotional responses arise from her deep personal investment in the team’s performance, the broadcasters of broadcasters constantly capturing these moments during the matches.Maran, who is the daughter of the president of the Sun Kalanithi Maran group, attracted significant public attention in 2023 during the IPL auction where she directed SRH’s strategic decisions. Since then, it has been a regular presence in SRH matches, with its reactions to developments on the ground becoming a must for social media content.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“These are my raw emotions that you see because my work brought me to the point that I have to put myself there. In Hyderabad, I can’t do anything; I have to sit there. This is the only place where I can sit down. But even when I go to Ahmedabad or Chennai, and I sit in several feet, somewhere in the box, the cameraman manages to find me. So, I understand how it becomes memes. “”“Regarding Sunrisers, I really wear my heart on my sleeve. I think that when you put your heart and soul in something, you naturally tend to attach yourself very personally to its successes and failures.”Under the direction of Maran, SRH experienced different levels of success in IPL. The performance of the team has shown significant fluctuations to different seasons.The franchise ended at the bottom of the points table in 2023, despite the assembly of what was considered a solid team. However, they showed a remarkable improvement in 2024, guaranteeing the second position of the league and going to the final.The 2025 season has seen an end of table for SRH, the team winning six of its fourteen games. Their hopes in the playoffs were destroyed relatively at the start of the tournament.The history of the SRH includes an IPL championship, which they obtained in 2016. The team’s trip under the direction of Kavya was marked by ups and downs.Beyond the IPL, Maran also supervises the Sunrisers Eastern Cape franchise in the SA20 competition in South Africa. This company proved to be more successful, the team winning the first two seasons in 2023 and 2024 under the captain of Aiden Markram.
