Gareth Batty , who guided Surrey to three consecutive County Championship titles between 2022 and 2024, will leave the English county side to join Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as an assistant coach, where he will work alongside Super Kings head coach Zaheer Khan . Batty, 49, took charge as Surrey’s head coach in 2021, immediately after ending his playing career with the club. Under his leadership, Surrey secured three successive County Championship titles from 2022 to 2024 before finishing as runners-up to Nottinghamshire in 2025.
However, Surrey endured a difficult campaign this season, flirting with relegation in the final rounds of the County Championship before eventually finishing seventh. The team also failed to reach the latter stages of either the T20 Blast or the One-Day Cup.
He served as an assistant coach at Oval Invincibles during their title-winning campaign in 2025 before joining MI London, affiliated with Mumbai Indians, for this year’s rebranded competition, according to Cricinfo. Batty’s move to CSK comes after his recent involvement in franchise cricket. The changes follow the departure of long-serving CSK head coach Stephen Fleming and the subsequent exits of assistants Eric Simons and James Foster .
