IPL 2026 – Gujarat Titans named Australia legend Matthew Hayden as batting coach ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, announced on Tuesday.
Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer Matthew Hayden as a two time ODI World Cup winner with Australia. He had previously been associated with Chennai Super Kings as a team player and winning the IPL title in the year 2010.
The 54-year-old two-time ODI World Cup winner, Hayden joins the Gujarat Titans with an illustrious international career.
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Hayden played for Australia in 273 international matches across all the formats and scoring over 15,000 international runs and playing a significant role in multiple ICC tournament victories.
Director of Cricket Gujarat Titans Vikram Solanki said,
“Matthew’s appointment comes at a pivotal phase in our IPL journey. We as a franchise committed to excellence and long-term success and we are constantly focused on strengthening our cricketing ecosystem.”
“His experience at the highest level, coupled with his ability to mentor emerging talent. it will be helps instrumental in shaping our batting identity for the upcoming seasons ahead.”
Hayden played 32 times for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and winning the Orange Cap, highest run scorer in 2009 and the title in 2010. More over three seasons with the franchise, he scored totally 1107 runs at a strike rate of 137.5, which included eight 50’s.
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Matthew Hayden said,
“Good batting applies pressure. Great batting owns the game. That is the standard we want to set at Gujarat Titans.”
Know more about Matthew Hayden:
- Full name : Matthew Lawrence Hayden
- Nickname : Haydos, Unit
- Born : 29 October 1971
- Age : 54 Years
- Birth Place : Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
- Height : 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
- Batting : Left-handed
- Bowling : Right-arm fast-medium
- Role : Opening batsman
- Website : https://www.matthewhayden.com
- Spouse : Kellie Hayden
- Children : Grace Hayden, Joshua Hayden, Thomas Joseph
- Parents : Moya Hayden, Laurie Hayden
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