IPL 2023: Stephen Fleming The Hundred: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming coach has taken up additional responsibility in the off-season. He will coach The Hundred outfit Southern Brave next season. He will replace Mahela Jayawardene after the former SriLankan was elevated to a global role at Mumbai Indians. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Fleming played in 111 Test matches for New Zealand, the second-most capped men’s player in their history, before he became coach of Chennai Super Kings in 2009.
IPL 2023: After MI Global role, Mahela Jayawardena steps down from Southern Brave role, CSK’s coach Stephen Fleming signs up as replacement in The Hundred, Check OUT
He has since coached Melbourne Stars and Rising Pune Supergiant, along with being appointed as the head coach of Joburg Super Kings in the new SA20 league.
In 2010, Fleming won the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Chennai Super Kings, along with the Champions League T20 in the same year, before winning the IPL again in 2018 and 2021.
Due to increased commitments with the MI franchise, Mahela has decided to step back from his role with the Southern Brave.
Mahela led the team to success in the first edition of the Hundred and we would like to thank him for his hard work and commitment over the last two years.
“In his place we are delighted to welcome Stephen Fleming as the new coach for 2023 and look forward to seeing him build on the early success our talented squad,” Giles White, Director of Southern Brave (Men).
“I really enjoyed my two years in the Hundred with Southern Brave, working with a really supportive management team and an exciting group of players. I would like to extend my thanks to all, including our passionate fans, for all the encouragement support that was given during my stint as head coach. I wish my successor Stephen and the team all the best for the 2023 season,” Jayawardene said.
IPL 2023: After MI Global role, Mahela Jayawardena steps down from Southern Brave role, CSK’s coach Stephen Fleming signs up as replacement in The Hundred, Check OUT
