 "IPL 2024: James Franklin to replace Dale Steyn as Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowling coach")
Sunrisers Hyderabad are likely to hire James Franklin to replace Dale Steyn as bowling coach for the IPL 2024. Steyn will be missing IPL 2024 due to personal reasons which has brought the Former New Zealand left-arm pacer Franklin into the fray. Steyn had taken over as SRH bowling coach in 2022.
“We are in talks with him (Franklin) as Dale Steyn will not be available for this season,” an IPL source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
The 43-year-old had earlier played for Mumbai Indians in the 2011 and 2012 seasons, but this is his maiden stint as coach in the IPL.
Franklin, however, has coaching experience with Durham in English county cricket and Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Islamabad United as assistant coach.
At SRH, Franklin will link up with his former teammate Daniel Vettori, who was appointed as the team’s head coach after IPL 2023.
Earlier, they have worked together at Middlesex in county cricket as well as with Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred.
Franklin has played 31 Tests, 110 ODIs and 38 T20Is for New Zealand between 2001 and 2013.
With PTI inputs
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