New Delhi: Legendary batsman Brian Lara has been appointed by means of Sunrisers Hyderabad as their head trainer for the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He will change former Australian cricketer Tom Moody. This can be 53-year-old Lara’s first stint as the top trainer of a T20 crew. The former West Indies captain joined Sunrisers as a strategic guide and batting trainer in December remaining yr.
Sunrisers Hyderabad knowledgeable concerning the appointment of Brian Lara as the top trainer by means of posting a put up on social media. “Great Cricketer Brian Lara will be our head coach for the upcoming IPL season,” the franchise wrote on its Twitter take care of. Lara, one of the vital a success batsmen in cricket historical past, retired from global cricket in 2007.
According to a file in ESPNcricinfo, Moody’s and Sunrisers have mutually made up our minds to phase techniques with each and every different. Moody’s had a a success stint with Sunrisers from 2013 to 2019. During this, the crew reached the playoffs 5 occasions and turned into the champion in 2016. The franchise thanked Twitter Moody.
He was once changed by means of Australia’s Trevor Bayliss as head trainer in 2020 however Moody returned to Sunrisers as director remaining yr. He was once later appointed the top trainer. Moody’s 2nd stint as head trainer was once no longer a success and his crew completed 8th amongst 10 groups this yr. Moody will now take over because the Director of Cricket for the Desert Vipers, the crew of the UAE’s new T20 league.
