KKR New Head Coach: Who is KKR’s new Head Coach for IPL 2020?

KKR New Head Coach: Kolkata Knight Riders have finally announced their new coach for the next season of Indian Premier League.

Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders have announced former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum as their Head Coach for IPL 2020. The development has quashed previous reports of KKR appointing England Coach Trevor Bayliss as Head Coach and McCullum as Batting Coach.

McCullum, who had retired from all forms of cricket earlier this month, has returned to a franchise which sort of laid the foundation for him being a swashbuckling T20 player. McCullum had kickstarted the IPL with his awe-inspiring 158* (73) in the inaugural match of the tournament in 2008.

McCullum had last played for Toronto Nationals in the second season of the Global T20 League Canada 2019. In the two matches which McCullum played for Nationals, he had scored 36 and 4. While retiring, McCullum had said that he is looking forward to coaching and commentating roles in the future.

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It is worth mentioning that McCullum has also been appointed the Head Coach of Caribbean Premier League franchise Trinbago Knight Riders, which is owned by the same owners as KKR. Reacting on the occasion, McCullum considered it as a honour to be given the reigns of two T20 franchises.

“It’s a great honour to take on this responsibility. We have fantastic squads in both KKR & TKR and I along with the support staff will be looking to build on the success both franchises have enjoyed,” McCullum was quoted as saying.

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— Brendon McCullum (@Bazmccullum) August 15, 2019

McCullum was named as the icon player for Glasgow Giants in the Euro T20 Slam. It was understood that McCullum took his name back from the tournament. A recent development regarding the tournament is that it has been canceled for the year 2019.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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