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.