IPL 2020: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell join Kolkata Knight Riders squad in UAE after CPL 2020 stint
Cricket | September 13, 2020 20:04 ISTBesides the two, the squad was also joined by head coach Brendon McCullum and spinner Chris Green.
Besides the two, the squad was also joined by head coach Brendon McCullum and spinner Chris Green.
McCullum had set the stage on fire as he scored an unbeaten 158 as KKR defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first-ever IPL game in 2008 played at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The team is led by Dinesh Karthik with Eoin Morgan set to be his deputy in this edition of the cash-rich league which will be played in the UAE.
The three will, however, be accompanied by the likes of Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan and Imran Tahir, who are all expected to be part of IPL 2020.
Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson opened up on the decision to name Brendon McCullum the captain of the side in 2012.
Brendon McCullum famously broke the record for fastest century in Tests in his last appearance in the longest format for New Zealand.
The number one ICC Test bowler, who was part of their IPL-2014 winning team, was slated to don KKR jersey again in the IPL this year but the tournament originally scheduled from March 29 has been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
McCullum feels adding a team from New Zealand in the tournament could pique the interest of the audience in the league.
Karthik also spoke about the two promising talents -- Shubhman Gill and Kuldeep Yadav -- and how he sees them shaping up at Kolkata Knight Riders.
Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has said that it is difficult for T20 World Cup to go ahead in October-November.
McCullum said he neither sees the T20 World Cup happening without the stadium fans nor does he believe that teams from 16 nations will be able to travel to Australia in the wake of the pandemic, which has infected more than 20 lakh people globally.
McCullum was roped in by KKR for US$700,000, making him the biggest winner from New Zealand and among the top buys in the first-ever auction. And he repaid every cent of it in top-class fashion, an innings that every avid follower of the game remembers.
The deadly virus has brought the world to a standstill with the Indian Premier League (IPL) also getting postponed. Tendulkar recently spoke about approaching these difficult times with a session-by-session approach.
Ahead of IPL's 12 anniversary, present KKR head coach Brendon McCullum recalled his freakish 158* off 73 against RCB in the IPL 2008 opener in Bengaluru.
Eoin Morgan was expected to join KKR but the IPL was suspended following the deadly outbreak of coronavirus.
McCullum said the situation demands that everyone stays at home and maintains social distancing, the only way to curb the spread of the virus, which has caused thousands of deaths worldwide.
CSK made it to the playoffs in all the 10 IPL season they have played so far, winning thrice and ending as runners-up on five other occasions. RCB, on the other hand, have never won the IPL title.
After veteran Daniel Vettori stepped down from the captaincy role, the things were very complicated in New Zealand cricket board. Taylor and McCullum were in the leading position to take over the captaincy role and the equation between them changed after that.
Impressed with Australia's dominance, Michael Vaughan said that only India can defeat this Tim Pain-led side in the land Down Under and that no other Test side have the tools to defeat the Aussies.
Australia's Michael Klinger has moved to the second spot in the list of most centuries scored in T20 cricket by a batsman after he scored his eighth ton in the ongoing T20 Blast competition.
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