Simon Katich resigns from SRH assistant coach’s post
Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad is once again in news for all the wrong reasons after former Australian batter Simon Katich resigned from the post of assistant coach after reportedly being unhappy with some of the side’s hefty auction buys.
Trevor Bayliss, Brad Haddin, now Simon Katich…David Warner too publically mocked them.
That's four Aussies leaving the franchise in a matter of months. Tom Moody the only one left ๐ค Strange https://t.co/otEWbUEivr
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) February 18, 2022
Katich, who along with West Indies legend Brian Lara and former India batter Hemang Badani, were added to the SRH coaching group headed by Tom Moody and Muttah Muralitharan, resigned immediately after the auction.
Although the SRH management, headed by Kavya Maran, hasn’t yet issued any official statement, it is understood that his resignation has been accepted and well-known coach Simon Helmot, who has earlier worked with the franchise, has been brought back.
#OrangeArmy, here are your #Risers for #IPL2022 ๐งก
We are #ReadyToRise ๐#IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/871fmeKmxp
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 14, 2022
‘The Australian’ reported that Katich’s resignation was primarily due to the fact that the pre-auction strategy discussed wasn’t followed at the two-day auction where SRH had some whopping big buys like Nicholas Pooran (Rs 10.75 crore), Washington Sundar (8.75 crore) and Rahul Tripathi (8.50 crore).
Some of the SRH big buys have been baffling although it’s not always a player’s quality but the auction dynamics that determines the final price of a player.
Left-handed spin bowling all-rounder Abhishek Sharma’s Rs 6.75 crore deal also grabbed eye balls.
#RanjiTrophy Update! ๐@IamAbhiSharma4 played a captain's knock of 98 to put on a 182-run opening partnership for Punjab ๐#JammuExpress Umran Malik picked up 3 crucial wickets for J&K in their match against Puducherry ๐๐#ReadyToRise #OrangeArmy #RanjiRisers pic.twitter.com/teakMYBIlk
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 18, 2022
Abhishek is being looked as a potential opener for this edition of IPL.