IPL 2022: Simon Katich on PAK vs AUS commentary panel – Former Australia batsman turned coach who dumped Sunriser Hyderabad days after the IPL auction has joined the commentary panel of the Pakistan vs Australia series. Katich would be seen commentating on the Benaud-Qadir Trophy. Follow Australia tour of Pakistan and IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Simon Katich parted ways with Sunrisers Hyderabad after a disagreement with the franchise’s CEO Kavya Maran on auction picks. He joined the coaching staff ahead of IPL 2022 after parting ways with Royal Challengers Bangalore. Katich will however only commentate on the Benaud-Qadir Trophy and will be making his commentary debut in Pakistan.
IPL 2022: Simon Katich dumps Sunrisers Hyderabad to join COMMENTARY team for Pakistan vs Australia test series, check details
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Apart from Simon Katich, Rob Key of England, Mike Haysman of South Africa, Australia’s Michael Kasprowicz and Pakistan trio of Bazid Khan, Urooj Mumtaz and Waqar Younis will commentate through the tour from 4 March to 5 April. Sikander Bakht and Zainab Abbas will host the pre- and post-match shows along with Neroli Meadows, who will only be available for first two Test matches.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 2, 2022
IPL 2022: Simon Katich dumps Sunrisers Hyderabad to join COMMENTARY team for Pakistan vs Australia test series, check details
IPL 2022: 5 players whose selection ‘IRKED’ Simon Katich
1. Nicholas Pooran (Rs 10.75): A super flop of IPL 2021 with just 85 runs in 11 innings at a lowly average of 7.73. But SRH outbid KKR and CSK to get his service for a whopping 10.75 Cr, almost a three-fold increase in his valuation. However, SRH didn’t look for in-form options such as Shreyas Iyer.
2. Rahul Tripathi (Rs 8.5 Cr): A good batsman but is he worth Rs 8.5 Crore? Most analyst will say no. In fact, he had a jump in salary from Rs 65 lakh to 8.5 Crore, making him the third-highest earning member of the team.
3. Abhishek Sharma (6.75): The youngster was a curious case. Despite showing promise, he had a rather poor run in IPL 2021 with SRH. The youngster scored just 98 runs in 8 matches at an average of 16.33 but SRH outbid Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans to get him for a whopping 6.75 Cr and Simon Katich was very unhappy about it.
IPL 2022: Simon Katich dumps Sunrisers Hyderabad to join COMMENTARY team for Pakistan vs Australia test series, check details
IPL 2022: Simon Katich dumps Sunrisers Hyderabad to join COMMENTARY team for Pakistan vs Australia test series, check details
4. Not retaining Rashid Khan: The most surprising of all was SRH’s inability to retain the best T20 spinner Rashid Khan. As per information available with InsideSport, the Afghan spinner wanted SRH retain him in the highest category (Rs 16 Cr) but SRH decided against that. Instead, Gujarat Giants gave him Rs 15 Crore contract same as the captain Hardik Pandya to secure his service. Wasn’t the best spinner of the league with batting pedigree not deserve the amount? Simon Katich felt he did.
5. Retention of Umran Malik and Abdul Samad (4 Cr each): Instead of securing the likes of Jason Holder, SRH shelled out 8 crores on inexperienced players like Umrann Malik and Abdul Samad. Even though both have shown tremendous promise, was it justified to pay them 4 Cr each? Simon Katich had reservations against that too.
IPL 2022: Simon Katich dumps Sunrisers Hyderabad to join COMMENTARY team for Pakistan vs Australia test series, check details
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD Full Squad: Players Bought By SRH:
- Retained: Kane Williamson (14 Cr) / Abdul Samad (4 Cr) / Umran Malik (4 Cr)
- SRH New Buys: Washington Sundar (8.75 Cr) / Nicholas Pooran (15.25 Cr) / T.Natrajan (4.0 Cr) / Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4.2 Cr) / Priyam Garg (0.2 Cr) / Rahul Tripathi (8.5 Cr) / Abhishek Sharma (6.5 Cr) / Kartik Tyagi (4 Cr) / Shreyas Gopal (0.75 Cr) / Jagdeesha Suchith (0.2 Cr) / Aiden Markram (2.6 Cr) / Marco Jansen (4.2 Cr) / Romario Shepherd (7.75 Cr) / Sean Abbott (2.4 Cr) / Ravikumar Samarth (0.2 Cr) / Saurabh Dubey (0.2 Cr) / Vishnu Vinod (0.5 Cr) / Fazalhaq Farooqi (0.5 Cr) / Shahshank Singh (0.2 Cr) / Glenn Phillips (1.5 Cr)
IPL 2022: Simon Katich dumps Sunrisers Hyderabad to join COMMENTARY team for Pakistan vs Australia test series, check details
