IPL 2022: The turmoil at Sunrisers Hyderabad doesn’t seem to be a player’s poor form. Rather, it is questionable team management that has seen players like David Warner and Rashid Khan depart. Now, it was Simon Katich, who just joined as the assistant coach and decided to put an end to his stint at SRH. He was irked by CEO Kavya Maran’s decision to splash the cash on Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi and two uncapped retentions and not retain Rashid Khan. Follow IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Just a day after the auction, Simon Katich put an abrupt end to his coaching stint at the SRH. It is worth noting that Katich, Director of Coach Tom Moody, batting legend Brian Lara & others were just mute spectators at the auction. Most of the calls at the auction were taken by the Team CEO & daughter of the promoter Kavya Maran.
IPL 2022: 5 players whose selection in auction by SRH’s CEO Kavya Maran ‘IRKED’ Simon Katich, check all details
SRH’s auction show was as abysmal as their 2021 performance. SRH bid for a total of 48 players while getting 20 of them with a bid winning percentage of just 41.67, third-lowest after DC, and LSG. In fact, SRH finished with the second-highest bid 17 times, highest amongst all while pulling the plug at the last moment.
They went for players like Ishan Kishan but pulled the plug at the last moment. As for their squad, after Rashid Khan, they have no match-winning spinner. Amongst pacers, inexperienced Marco Jansen and out-of-form Bhuvneshwar Kumar besides Romario Shepherd are the only three notable options.
IPL 2022: 5 players whose selection in auction by SRH’s CEO Kavya Maran ‘IRKED’ Simon Katich, check all details
SRH Full Squad:
- Retained: Kane Williamson (14 Cr) / Abdul Samad (4 Cr) / Umran Malik (4 Cr)
- SRH Auction picks: Aiden Markram – 2.6 Cr Marco Jansen – 4.2 Cr Romario Shepherd – 7.75 Cr, Sean Abbott INR 2.40 crore, Saurabh Dubey – 20 L Shashank Singh – 20 L R Samarth 20 L Vishnu Vinod – 50 L Glenn Phillips – 1.5 Cr Fazalhaq Farooqi – 50 L
- Washington Sundar – 8.75 Cr Nicholas Pooran – 10.75 Cr T Natarajan – 4 Cr Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 4.2 Cr Priyam Garg – 20 L Rahul Tripathi – 8.5 Cr Abhishek Sharma – 6.5 Cr Kartik Tyagi – 4 Cr Shreyas Gopal – 75 L Jagadeesha Suchith – 20 L
InsideSport can now reveal the five players who ultimately decided the fate of Simon Katich as the Australian, who is known to be a no-nonsense coach, decided to end his tenure within months.
IPL 2022: 5 players whose selection in auction by SRH’s CEO Kavya Maran ‘IRKED’ Simon Katich, check all details
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.
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.
IPL 2022: 5 players whose selection in auction by SRH’s CEO Kavya Maran ‘IRKED’ Simon Katich, check all details
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— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 14, 2022
IPL 2022: 5 players whose selection in auction by SRH’s CEO Kavya Maran ‘IRKED’ Simon Katich, check all details
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.
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.
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: 5 players whose selection in auction by SRH’s CEO Kavya Maran ‘IRKED’ Simon Katich, check all details
