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Assistant coach Andy Flower has parted methods with Punjab Kings and is predicted to land a job in one of many new groups forward of IPL 2022. Former Zimbabwe captain Flower, who labored as a coach in England for greater than a decade and guided the nationwide staff there, was employed for his maiden IPL stint forward of the 2020 season.
“He despatched his resignation to the staff lately. It has been accepted. There’s a good probability that he goes to one of many new groups (Lucknow or Ahmedabad),” a BCCI official advised PTI.
There’s a good chance that the 53-year-old is given a much bigger function in his subsequent IPL task. Flower labored alongside head coach Anil Kumble for the previous two seasons. The event.netes at a time when Ok L Rahul, Punjab Kings skipper for the previous two seasons, is predicted to maneuver to the Lucknow franchise.
Punjab needed to retain Rahul however he didn’t wish to keep.
It stays to be seen if Flower stays as head coach of CPL franchise Saint Lucia Kings, which is owned by identical consortium that owns Punjab Kings. Saint Lucia completed runners-up in 2020 and 2021 season.
Throughout his time with the England staff, Flower led the facet to the T20 World Cup title in 2010 and primary spot within the Take a look at rankings.
Wasim Jaffer was Punjab’s batting coach final season and Jonty Rhodes fielding coach.
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Punjab have retained solely two gamers — Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh — forward of the mega public sale in January. They are going to be eyeing a bunch of kids on the public sale together with some established names.
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