Another Sunset for Hyderabad? Reports have emerged that West Indies Legend Brian Lara can quit his coaching job. It has come to light that the SRH coach is getting tired of the hectic schedule with the Indian Premier League. And with curtains down for SRH, Lara is potentially calling it ends after his one year stint as the head coach for the Hyderabad outfits. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Defending champions Gujarat Titans became the first team to make the playoffs following heir their 34-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on Monday. The result also knocked out the Lara-coached side who still have two more matches left.
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“First of all, it’s my first year (as head coach of an IPL side)…,” Lara said in the post-match media interaction. Lara indicated understanding the nitty-gritty in his first year of being the chief coach of a T20 side was difficult.
Back in 2022 when Sunrisers Hyderabad finished 8th. Now this season, the Hyderabad outfits are languishing at the penultimate spot, just above bottom placed Delhi Capitals with 2 games remaining. Earlier, Lara was the advisor and batting coach. After Moody’s departure, he took the reins of the team.
“Not getting to grips with the emotions of going through an IPL season, especially when we were back to travelling to different venues and finding out different surfaces,” the 54-year-old said.
“Our last year was based on 3-4 venues (due to Covid-19 and bio-bubble environment), so there is a huge difference in that,” he added.
“As a coach, an appreciation of how much you have to pay attention to what’s going on is a meticulous task to get things right continuously,” Lara said, hoping that the players correct their “mistakes” next season and emerge “much better cricketers”.
“But we have to play each game to win. We’ve got to put our best XI out on the field. So, I think, it’s strictly on the fact that the form of the player is something that we look at before picking the team. We’ve got 25 players (in the squad to choose from),” Lara pointed out.
“I’d like you (media) to ask me that question about Tyagi because he is also a very special talent. He’s only had one opportunity so far, so I think I can’t see anything wrong in the selection,” he added.
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