Domestic cricket legend Chandrakant Pandit, who has performed brilliantly as a coach in the Ranji Trophy, has been appointed as the new head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL (Indian Premier League – IPL). Since Brendon McCullum, the former captain of the New Zealand team who was the coach of KKR, is the coach of the England team, Chandrakant Pandit has been appointed as the head coach of the Kolkata team by the KKR franchise.Ranji hero Chandrakant Pandit is the head coach for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Chandrakant Pandit is a big name in domestic cricket. The 60-year-old Pandit, who failed to win the Ranji Trophy as a player, won six Ranji trophies as a coach. This year he was responsible for winning the Ranji Trophy for the first time as the coach of the Madhya Pradesh team.Ranji hero Chandrakant is the head coach for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2015-16 when Chandrakant was the coach. Later, Vidarbha’s Chandrakant Pandit Garadi won the Ranji Trophy twice in a row in 2017-18 and 2018-19. For this great achievement, now an opportunity has come to work as a coach of KKR team in IPL.
Kolkata Knight Riders, who won the IPL champions in 2012 and 2014, reached the final in 2021 and were satisfied with the runners-up position.
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In the 2022 IPL tournament, KKR failed to make it to the play-off stage. Chandrakant Pandit, who has vast experience in domestic cricket, has scored 8,209 runs with 22 centuries from 138 matches in first-class cricket.
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