Dale Steyn confirms his exit as SRH bowling coach

Dale Steyn, the former South Africa speedster, announced that he won't return as the bowling coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as well. Steyn, however, shared that he will continue coaching with Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 league as well.

Dale Steyn was unavailable in IPL 2024

"A big thank you to Sunrisers Hyderabad for my few years with them as bowling coach at the IPL, unfortunately, I won't be returning for IPL 2025," Steyn stated in a post on X. "However, I will continue to work with Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 here in South Africa."

However, earlier this year, Dale Steyn had made himself unavailable for this year's IPL due to personal reasons and the franchise brought in former New Zealand cricketer James Franklin as their bowling coach who worked alongside head coach Daniel Vettori as well.

Dale Steyn played a key role in grooming Umran Malik

However, Dale Steyn had represented Deccan Chargers (now defunct), Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers and Gujarat Lions (now defunct) in the IPL during his IPL playing days. He last featured in IPL for RCB in IPL 2020 before being named bowling coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad before the 2022 season. Notably, he played an important role in the development of young India pacer Umran Malik and several other pacers in the Sunrisers ranks as well.

However, Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the final of IPL 2024 before losing to Kolkata Knight Riders. This was their first appearance in an IPL final since finishing runners-up way back in 2018. And, Sunrisers could look at retaining their coaching staff seeing their success under the Vettori-Franklin duo last year as well.