Katich resigns as assistant coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad

It is understood that the assistant coach was unhappy that plans were disregarded during the mega auction

Simon Katich has resigned from his position as assistant coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad following what appears to be differences with the IPL franchise’s auction strategy.

While there has been no word from Katich or the franchise, ESPNcricinfo can confirm that he has left his role with immediate effect. A report in The Australian on Friday quoted sources as saying that “Katich disagreed with the way the team was being managed and felt pre-auction plans were disregarded” in Bengaluru last weekend.

Katich, formerly the assistant coach (to Jacques Kallis) at Kolkata Knight Riders and head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, was present throughout the auction, sat alongside fellow support-staff members Tom Moody, Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan and Hemant Badani, and is understood to have put in his papers immediately after the auction, which ended on Sunday, February 13.

At the auction, Sunrisers spent big on Nicholas Pooran (INR 10.75 crore, USD 1.43 million), Washington Sundar (INR 8.75 crore, USD 1.16 million) and Rahul Tripathi (INR 8.5 crore, USD 1.13 million). They also splurged on Romario Shepherd (INR 7.75 crore, USD 1.03 million) and the uncapped Abhishek Sharma (INR 6.5 crore, USD 866,000).

And prior to the auction, Sunrisers retained Kane Williamson, who is likely to lead the side if fit, as well as two uncapped Indians, Abdul Samad, a middle-order batter, and Umran Malik, a tearaway quick.

Sunrisers were also in the news during the 2021 IPL, when they first sacked David Warner as the team’s captain and then dropped him altogether, with Warner later saying the whole thing was “a bitter pill to swallow, but I don’t think I will ever get answers and must move on”. Warner, who had led Sunrisers to the IPL title in 2016, was initially barred from sitting in the team’s dugout during games too.

As for the support staff, head coach Trevor Bayliss and assistant coach Brad Haddin left at the end of the 2021 season, paving the way for Moody to return to the franchise as director of cricket. VVS Laxman, the team’s mentor, has also left to take charge at the BCCI’s National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @mroller98

This article was originally published by Espncricinfo.com. Read the original article here.

Katich resigns as assistant coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad

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