Kolkata Knight Riders haven’t had one of the best of IPL seasons this yr. With simply 10 factors from their 12 video games, the staff is just about out of the playoff races. KKR has struggled to get the staff mixture and its fixed experiment in choice hasn’t yielded optimistic outcomes.
The facet has concerned almost 20 gamers in its marketing campaign this yr and a few of this these picks have been stunning, to say the least. Skipper Shreyas Iyer’s current revelation that the staff’s CEO Venky Mysore can be concerned within the choice course of means that not all has been going properly within the KKR camp.
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Reacting to Iyer’s feedback, former Indian cricketer Nikhil Chopra stated that the captain’s remark exhibits that one thing is just not proper between him and head coach Brendon McCullum.
“I think this statement has come due to the fact that think Iyer was not happy with the coach’s decisions,” Chopra stated on CricTracker’s Not Just Cricket Show.
He added that, in contrast to soccer the place the sport is run by the coach, the captain needs to be on the helm of each determination in a cricket staff. “If KKR doesn’t qualify, will McCulum lose his place, or you’ll take away Iyer as captain? ” he added.
Citing examples of former Indian skippers Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly, Chopra said that they had players of their choice because they would give them specific roles to perform for the team.
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Former Indian opener Wasim Jaffer also shared his reaction to Shreyas Iyer’s comments and said that it was very important for the coach and captain to be on the same page. Whether it’s the national team or the IPL, the captain and coach need to be on the same page, otherwise, the differences keep growing. We have seen Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri, and MS Dhoni with Gary Kirsten.
Jaffer who has served as batting coach of Punjab Kings recalled that it is not new for team CEOs to be involved in IPL team selection.
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