Gareth Batty leaves Surrey and joins CSK as assistant coach
Gareth Batty is stepping down as head coach of Surrey to join the Chennai Super Kings as an assistant coach for the 2027 IPL season. Batty leaves behind a highly successful tenure at Surrey, where he led the team to three consecutive County Championship titles.
Why it matters
This move represents a significant transition in professional cricket coaching, linking a successful English county coach with a major IPL franchise.
Gareth Batty will join Chennai Super Kings as an assistant coach from the 2027 Indian Premier League season, leaving Surrey after five years as head coach during which he led the county to three consecutive County Championship titles. He will work under newly appointed CSK head coach Zaheer Khan. Batty, who took charge of Surrey as head coach in 2022, guided them to the County Championship title in his first season before overseeing successful title defences in 2023 and 2024. Surrey finished runners-up in 2025, capping a dominant run in which they became the first team in nearly 60 years to win three consecutive titles in the competition. The 48-year-old also guided Surrey to the knockout stages of the Vitality Blast in each of his five seasons in charge, including two appearances at Finals Day.
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