South African fast bowling sensation and legend Dale Steyn will leave his position as bowling coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2025. He will, however, continue to work for the Sunrisers Eastern Cape franchise in the SA20. Steyn was hired before the 2022 season, withdrew from the IPL 2024 due to personal reasons, and was replaced by former New Zealand fast bowler James Franklin.
In 2021, Steyn was appointed as SRH’s bowling coach under head coach Tom Moody. After Moody left in 2023, Brian Lara took over him, and Daniel Vettori was named the new head coach before the 2024 campaign. SRH advanced to their first final since 2018 under Vettori; however, they were defeated by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). But with Eastern Cape, Steyn won two consecutive SA T20 titles in 2023 and 2024.
On Wednesday, Steyen announced his intentions to leave his bowling coach position in SRH in a post on X (formerly Twitter) in which he said, “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 said on X (formerly Twitter). “However, I will continue to work with Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 here in South Africa. Two-time winners here in SA20; let’s try to make it three in a row.”
