South Africa fast-bowling legend Dale Steyn has said that he will be leaving as the bowling coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League.
Steyn was unavailable for IPL 2024 owing to personal reasons. But, he continues to be part of the support staff of Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 league. Steyn was SRH's part of the coaching staff since IPL 2022.
"Cricket announcement. Big thank you to Sunrisers Hyderabad for my couple of years with them as bowling coach at the IPL, unfortunately will not be returning for IPL 2025 though I will continue to work with Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 here in South Africa. Two time winners here in SA20, lets try make it THREE in a row," wrote Steyn in a post on his 'X' account.
SRH had already replaced Steyn with ex-New Zealand cricketer James Franklin as their bowling coach to help head coach Daniel Vettori at the IPL 2024 where the side finished runners-up to eventual champions Kolkata Knight Riders under Australia Test captain Pat Cummins.
Outside Tests, Steyn played 125 ODIs and 47 T20Is for South Africa, alongside playing for Deccan Chargers (now defunct), Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers, and Gujarat Lions (now defunct) in 95 IPL matches as a player and took 97 wickets overall.
It is more than acknowledged that Umran Malik, who has played ODIs and T20Is for India, was a product of Steyn's grooming, besides mentoring several other pacers, as the latter was SRH's bowling coach in IPL, his very first serious cricket coaching job.
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