IPL 2022: Simon Katich Quits Sunrisers Hyderabad After Difference Over Execution Of IPL Pre-Auction Plans - Reports

Former Australian cricketer Simon Katich has reportedly left Sunrisers Hyderabad after the franchise strayed away from their pre-auction plans in the IPL 2022 mega auction that was held on February 12 & 13 in Bengaluru.

According to a report published in ‘The Australian’, Katich and the franchise had a disagreement on the fashion in which they performed at the auction. He was part of SRH as an assistant coach on the behest of head coach, Tom Moody.

This isn’t the first time that SRH has had issues regarding management. Last year, David Warner was left out of the playing XI, and eventually, the squad itself after inside problems in the team emerged.

Head coach Trevor Bayliss and assistant coach Brad Haddin also left the team last year. The team also had a terrible outing in the IPL 2021 season as they finished at the bottom of the table with just three wins in fourteen matches.

This time around, they have ended up with a few good buys and will be keen on building the core around the likes of skipper, Kane Williamson. Ahead of the auction, they had retained Williamson, Abdul Samad, and Umran Malik.

They shelled out INR 10.75 crores for West Indian explosive wicket-keeper batter, Nicholas Pooran, and INR 8.5 crores for Rahul Tripathi, who is likely to be their No.3. It will be a role similar to what he played at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) last year.

Sunrisers Hyderabad squad

Kane Williamson, Umran Malik, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

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