World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss, whose tenure with England comes to an end after the Ashes, will take over as the Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach. This will be Bayliss’ second stint in the IPL, having already coached Kolkata Knight Riders from 2012 to 2015 during which the franchise won the title twice.
Bayliss replaces fellow Australian Tom Moody, who parted ways with Sunrisers after seven seasons. Sunrisers had won the IPL in 2016, and then finished runners-up in the 2018 edition. In 2019, they scraped through to the playoffs, but finished fourth eventually.
Bayliss’ pedigree as a multiple-title winning coach is unparalleled, and is the big reason why more than one IPL franchise was clambering to get him on board. It is understood Knight Riders, too, had initiated talks with him.
Under Bayliss’ watch, England won the 2015 Ashes 3-2, reached the World T20 final in 2016, became No. 1 in the ODI rankings and won the World Cup at Lord’s last week. Bayliss had also won the Big Bash League with Sydney Sixers in 2010-11 and he had also coached Sri Lanka, who reached the 2011 World Cup final under him.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo