Former New Zealand all-rounder Daniel Vettori has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad, announced the team on Monday. SRH took to twitter to make the announcement. Vettori replaces Brian Lara, who was with the side in 2023 as a coach. Sunrisers have had a lean run in IPL in the 2020s decade. From 2016 to 2020, SRH reached in playoffs every season but they have failed to replicate that success in this decade.
After achieving a playoff finish in 2020, they have found themselves near the bottom of the table or the bottom in later years. Since IPL 2021, they have won only 13 games and lost 29. In the late 2010s and the decade of 2020s, SRH has performed very inconsistently in IPL and has changed its coach numerous times. The latest change means that SRH will have its fourth coach in six seasons, with Tom Moody (2019 and 2022) taking the side to the playoffs in 2019 and experiencing a league-stage exit in 2022, finishing eighth out of 10 teams. Trevor Bayliss coached the side from 2020-21, leading the team into the playoffs in 2020 and an eighth-place finish in the next tournament. Under Lara, SRH underperformed despite having some strong names like Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips, Marco Jansen and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The team finished last in the tournament in 10th spot, winning only four out of 14 matches. Vettori, who has replaced Lara as a coach, has a decent amount of coaching experience in IPL.
