Kolkata Knight Riders have announced the name of the new fielding coach. Former Netherlands cricketer Ryan ten Dushkhat will be the Knights’ fielding coach next season. He once played for KKR. James Foster was the fielding coach of KKR for so long. He has been given the responsibility of being the assistant coach.
Ryan Ten Doeschate retired from cricket last year. He is 42 years old. He was part of the IPL-winning KKR team in 2012 and 2014. Doeschate is in the Knight Riders team in the T20 League of Dubai. He is the assistant coach of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders team. He will be our assistant coach. He will be with Chandrakant Pandit. Abhishek Nair is also there as an assistant coach. Also, we are happy to have Doeschate back in the KKR team.”Pandit was announced as the coach by KKR in August. Former coach Brendon McCullum leaves to take charge of England’s Test team. No foreigner, Ranji-winning Indian coach Chandrakant Pandit was brought to that place. Who is known for his strict discipline?
Pandit had a meeting with Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan in 2012. At that time, he was offered to become an assistant coach, but he did not agree. This time Pandit became the head coach in the KKR camp.