Surisers Hyderabad assistant coach Brad Haddin has revealed that the decision to drop Australian opener David Warner from the team's playing XI midway during the IPL 2021 was not related to cricket.

Warner, who led SRH to their only IPL title in 2016, was dropped from the team's playing XI during the second leg of the IPL 2021 in UAE. However, the attacking opener turned things around during Australia's maiden T20 WC-winning campaign and was awarded Player of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, after scoring 289 runs in the tournament.