Prior to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, Wasim Jaffer, a former Indian cricketer, was re-hired as the batting coach of the Punjab Kings (PBKS). Prior to leaving the franchise before the IPL 2022 mega-auction, the ex-cricketer had previously served in the same capacity with the team. Along with Jaffer, Punjab has added Brad Haddin and Charl Langeveldt to their coaching roster.
To enhance their performance in the lucrative Indian Premier League, the Punjab Kings are undertaking a significant makeover. Anil Kumble’s contract was not renewed, hence they replaced him. In September, Trevor Bayliss was named head coach in place of Kumble. In addition, they released their under-fire captain Mayank Agarwal from the team before the December auction.
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Charl Langeveldt, a former South African cricketer, has been appointed by the franchise as their new fast-bowling coach. Brad Haddin, a former Australian cricketer, has been recruited to serve as the team’s assistant coach. Shikhar Dhawan and Trevor Bayliss were already named as the team’s captain and head coach, respectively, by Punjab Kings. During the IPL 2023 player retention deadline day on Tuesday, Mayank Agarwal was replaced by Dhawan and Anil Kumble by Bayliss. Agarwal was let go by the team.
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Wasim Jaffer, a former Indian cricketer who previously worked with the team for two seasons, has been named the batting coach. In the early stages of his coaching career, Jaffer has also worked with the Bangladesh U-19 team and the Odisha Ranji team.
The management wants to win their first league title and break their league duck after failing to go past the group stages in the previous several seasons with the flurry of improvements that have been trying to implement ahead of the IPL 2023. The two most notable players dropped from the team before the mini-auction set for December were Mayank Agarwal and Odean Smith. With the second-highest purse value of INR 32.2 crore going into the auction, the franchise would like to make a few headline-making additions.
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