After months of dilly-dallying, Kolkata Knight Riders have finally zeroed in on their head coach, Australia’s Dav Whatmore.
According to Indian cricket board (BCCI) sources, Whatmore has resigned as the head coach of the National Cricket Academy and signed with KKR. The announcement will be made soon.
Whatmore has earlier coached Sri Lanka and Bangladesh’s national teams. He could not be reached for comments. “Whatmore resigned from the NCA a couple of days ago... Read Full Story
The Indian Premier League Season III (2009-10) could well be Virender Sehwag’s last with Delhi Daredevils. From the fourth year onwards, don’t be surprised if you find the dashing cricketer heading to Mumbai Indians.
Though nothing has been finalised as yet, there are strong indications to that effect.
Sehwag recently resigned as captain of the Delhi outfit and signed up with Reliance 1, a new corporate team, whose owners are the same as Mumbai Indians. In fact, team ... Read Full Story
Sources from the Indian Premier League have, on Monday, said that there is ‘no ban’ on Wasim Akram commentating in India.
The clarification comes after reports emerged in Pakistan that the pacer-turned-commentator had reportedly been denied permission by the Indian government to commentate in the upcoming T20 Champions League tournament starting in India from October 8. Read Full Story
Kolkata Knight Riders management, searching a coach for their IPL franchise, now targets former Pakistan skipper and seamer Wasim Akram.According to Times Now news channel, Akram confirmed that he has been approached by the Kolkata Knight Riders management for coach’s job. Read Full Story
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram on Tuesday expressed his keenness to coach the Kolkata Knight Riders and said he was scheduled to meet the IPL franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday to discuss the assignment. Read Full Story
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is not interested in a full-time coaching stint with Kolkata Knight Riders, but is certainly keen to take up as a bowling consultant for the under-performing Indian Premier League (IPL) team. Read Full Story
Busy rectifying mistakes that the Kolkata Knight Riders committed this year, Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said his team, which ended bottom of the table in the second edition of the Indian Premier League, is gearing up for a complete turnaround in the third edition next year. Read Full Story
Even as John Wright has confirmed that he is on Kolkata Knight Riders radar, ex-England allrounder Dermot Reeve is the latest to have been shortlisted by the Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise to replace John Buchanan as the coach of the Indian Premier League side. Read Full Story
The 12 competing teams of the Champions League got a breather on Thursday when the tournament’s governing council extended the deadline for naming of the initial squads to next Monday.
Accordingly, the teams will now announce their 20-member squad by August 24 and prune it to 15-member by September 9, the organisers of the tournament said in a release.
“In fairness to all teams, the CLT20 Governing Council decided to give all teams extra time to name their initial squads,... Read Full Story
The 12 competing teams of the Champions League got a breather on Thursday when the tournament’s governing council extended the deadline for naming of the initial squads to next Monday. Read Full Story
