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Sydney Thunder's head coach Trevor Bayliss will be missing his team's Big Bash League fixture against Adelaide Strikers on Tuesday night to attend the IPL auction in Dubai. Bayliss is the head coach of the Punjab Kings and look to improve his IPL team through the auction.
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Bayliss did something similar last year as he flew to India during the 2022-23 Big Bash to be part of last year's auction. But his trip to Dubai this year causes him to miss a fixture in his role at home. Bayliss' assistant, Shawn Bradstreet will take over as the interim head coach in his absence.
Talking about Bayliss' absence, Sydney Thunder released a statement and confirmed that he will be back for the game against the Melbourne Stars. The statement said, "Bayliss is due to return for the Thunder's clash against Melbourne Stars in Albury later this week."
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Trevor Bayliss, ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, spoke about how the team will look to strengthen a few departments as they have a strong side. Bayliss said, "We don't think we need to strengthen up a whole heap. But I suppose the possibility of strengthening in two or three areas we think will make us a stronger team next year… We want to play a positive, aggressive brand of cricket so we're looking for players to come into those two or three spots with that type of mindset."
